Wimpole
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable3 sources · historical forms · name elements
The village name Wimpole likely derives from an Old English personal name and the word 'pol', meaning a pool or pit. It suggests a place associated with a person named Wimp or a similar variant, near a body of water or a depression in the land.
Word origins
- Wimp
- Old EnglishA personal name, possibly related to 'wimpling' (rippling)(from Wim(p) "Personal name")
- pol
- Old EnglishAttestedpool, pit(from pol "pool, pit")
Historical forms
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