Pipe and Lyde
village · County of Herefordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Pipe and Lyde is a compound name. 'Pipe' likely refers to a pipe or channel, possibly for water. 'Lyde' is thought to derive from the Old English 'lēode', meaning people, or possibly a stream name.
Word origins
- Pipe
- Old EnglishAttestedPipe, channel(from pīpe "Pipe, channel")
- Lyde
- Old EnglishAttestedPeople or stream name(from lēode "People")