Hail Weston
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Hail Weston likely means 'the homestead of Hægel's people'. It is a compound name with a personal name and the Old English suffix '-ingas' (people of) and 'tun' (homestead, village).
Word origins
- Hail
- Old Englishpersonal name(from Hægel "personal name")
- West
- Old Englishwest(from west "west")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedhomestead, village(from tun "homestead, village")
Historical forms
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