Flyford Flavell
village · Worcestershire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
This village name means 'settlement by the ford'. The first element is likely from Old English 'flēot' meaning a stream or estuary, and the second is 'ford' meaning a river crossing.
Word origins
- flēot
- Old EnglishAttestedstream, estuary(from flēot "a floating thing, a ship; a stream, estuary")
- ford
- Old Englishriver crossing(from ford "ford")
- Flavell
- Norman Frencha personal name
Historical forms
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