Checkendon
village · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Checkendon is an Old English name meaning 'the valley or hill of Ceca'. It refers to a settlement in a valley or on a hill associated with a person named Ceca.
Word origins
- Check
- Old EnglishCeca (personal name)(from Ceca "personal name")
- don
- Old Englishvalley, hill(from dūn "down, hill, open country")
Historical forms
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