Bugthorpe
village · East Riding of Yorkshire
Old NorseSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
This village name likely means 'Bucca's farmstead'. It combines an Old Norse personal name (likely borrowed from Old English) with the Old Norse word 'þorp', meaning a hamlet or village.
Word origins
- Bucca
- Old Englisha personal name(from Bucca "a personal name")
- þorp
- Old Norsehamlet, village(from þorp "hamlet, village")
Historical forms
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