Wootton Bridge
suburban area · Isle of Wight
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Wootton Bridge likely means 'Wulf's farmstead or village by the bridge'. It combines a personal name, the Old English word for a settlement, and the term for a bridge.
Word origins
- Wootton
- Old EnglishAttestedWulf's farmstead or village(from wulf "wolf", tun "enclosure, farmstead, village")
- Bridge
- Old EnglishAttestedbridge(from brycg "bridge")