Blaydon
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English
Etymology
Perhaps from Old English blāw (“blue”) + dūn (“hill”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Blaydon (countable and uncountable, plural Blaydons)
- A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which is also known as Blaydon-on-Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1863).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Blaydon is the 27109th most common surname in England, belonging to 143 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blaydon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171.
- Forebears