Brafield-on-the-Green
village · West Northamptonshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Brafield-on-the-Green means 'Braf's open land near the village green'. It combines a personal name with 'feld' (open land) and the descriptive suffix '-on-the-Green'.
Word origins
- Braf
- Old Englishpersonal name(from Brāf "brave")
- field
- Old Englishopen land(from feld "field")
- on-the-Green
- Old Englishdescriptive suffix