Wisbech
town · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Wisbech possibly means 'Wys's marsh'. It refers to a marshy area associated with a person named Wys.
Word origins
- Wys
- Old Englisha personal name(from Wys "a personal name")
- bēce
- Old EnglishAttestedstream, brook(from bēce "stream, brook")
Historical forms
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