Bagshaw
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English
Etymology
From either the Old English personal name Baċġa or the unattested Old English word bagga (“badger”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).
Proper noun
Bagshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Bagshaws)
- A hamlet in Chapel-en-le-Frith parish, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK078811).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bagshaw is the 25037th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 992 individuals. Bagshaw is most common among White (92.54%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bagshaw”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83.