Galsworthy
English
Alternative forms
- Goldsworthy
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Devonshire, from Old English gagel (“sweet gale, bog myrtle”) + -worthy, a toponymic suffix deriving from Old English worþ (“enclosure”).
Proper noun
Galsworthy (plural Galsworthys)
- A surname from Old English.
Derived terms
- Galsworthian
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Galsworthy is the 13423rd most common surname in England, belonging to 406 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Galsworthy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.