Old English Names

Slender, graceful tree and climbing evergreen plant

Willow tree; famous warrior

Will-helmet, resolute protector

from the farm by the well

dweller by a winding path or a winder of thread

Fermented grape juice; often associated with joy and celebration.

Friend of peace, or from a peaceful ford

wing of a bird; side part of a building

Holy peace; blessed peacemaking

fair, white, blessed, or friend of peace

holy, blessed reconciliation; joy and peace

friend's hill

agreeable, pleasant, charming

desire, wish, or winter

friend's village

withered, aged, or dried up

white island

wolf-ruler

from the wood or forest

forest clearing, fallen wood

from the row of woods

row of houses by a wood

wood-rush; wood-ruff plant

from the clearing by the weirs

from the corner of the moor

From the Worrell settlement; often interpreted as 'Wōr's hill' or 'marsh hill'.

worker, maker (especially a carpenter or craftsman)

wolf helmet

wolf power, wolf ruler

wolf secret/mystery

brave in war, war strength

wild boar

Warrior, battle man

from the Wymond estate

from the Yandell valley

from the yew-tree estate