Bulstrode
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English
Etymology
Apparently a nickname for someone who mounted a bull, from bull + strode.
Proper noun
Bulstrode (plural Bulstrodes)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bulstrode is the 45570th most common surname in England, belonging to 64 individuals.
References
- ^ Mark Antony Lower (1860) “Bulstrode”, in Patronymica Britannica. A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom., London: John Russell Smith, ; Lewes: G. P. Bacon, page 45, column 1.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bulstrode”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250.
- Forebears