Pikes Pool
lake or loch · Worcestershire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name likely refers to a pool associated with pikes, either the fish or a pointed object. The Old English term 'pīc' meant pike or pointed object.
Word origins
- Pikes
- Old EnglishAttestedpike (fish) or pointed object (plural)(from pīc "pike")
- Pool
- Old EnglishAttestedpool, pond(from pōl "pool")
Historical forms
[object Object]