Bigelow
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Translingual
Proper noun
Bigelow
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Jacob Bigelow (1787-1879).
Further reading
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Biglow
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Middle English big (“big”) + low (“mound, hill”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bigelow (countable and uncountable, plural Bigelows)
- (countable) A surname from Middle English.
- 2009 June 21, Manohla Dargis, “Action!”, in The New York Times:
- Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of The Hurt Locker.
- (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
- A town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States.
- A ghost town in Marshall County, Kansas, United States.
- A city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States.
- A village in Holt County, Missouri, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bigelow is the 3086th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11650 individuals. Bigelow is most common among White (86.76%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bigelow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 158.