Watcombe
suburban area · Torbay
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Watcombe is likely named from an Old English personal name and a word for a valley. It could be 'Wæta's combe' or 'Wætan's combe', referring to a valley belonging to someone named Wæta.
Word origins
- Wat
- Old Englishpersonal name Wæta(from Wæta "personal name")
- combe
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley(from cumb "valley")