Henstridge

Henstridge

English

Etymology

From Old English henġest (“stallion”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

Proper noun

Henstridge (countable and uncountable, plural Henstridges)

1. A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7219).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Henstridge is the 18018^th most common surname in England, belonging to 266 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Henstridge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 165.
• Forebears