Cranfield
village · Central Bedfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Cranfield is an Old English name possibly meaning 'crane's field' or 'field where cranes are found'. 'Cran' refers to the bird, and 'feld' means field.
Word origins
- Cran
- Old EnglishAttestedcrane(from cran "crane")
- field
- Old Englishfield(from feld "field, open country")