Gosnold

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English

Etymology

Possibly from a locality called Gosenwold, from Old English gōs (“goose”) + Middle English wold (“plain”).[1]

Proper noun

Gosnold (countable and uncountable, plural Gosnolds)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A town in Dukes County, Massachusetts, coextensive with the Elizabeth Islands; named after English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold.

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gosnold is the 32731st most common surname in England, belonging to 107 individuals.

References

  1. ^ Mark Antony Lower (1860) “Gosnell”, in Patronymica Britannica. A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom., London: John Russell Smith, ; Lewes: G. P. Bacon, page 134, column 2.

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