Townsend
suburban area · Wiltshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Townsend likely refers to a settlement located at the 'end' of a 'town' or a settlement named 'Townsend'. The 'town' element signifies a settlement, and 'end' denotes its extremity.
Word origins
- Town
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, village, town(from tūn "enclosed place, farmstead, village, town")
- send
- Old EnglishAttestedend, extremity(from ende "end, extremity")