Billhay Pond
lake or loch · Wiltshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a pond associated with a place called 'Billhay'. 'Bill' could be a personal name or a shortened form of a word, and 'hay' often refers to an enclosure or meadow.
Word origins
- Billhay
- Old Englishpersonal name + enclosure(from Bill "personal name", hæg "enclosure, hedge")
- Pond
- Old EnglishAttestedpond(from pōl "pond")