Berrow

English

Etymology

From Old English bearu (“grove”), which is from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”). Compare Beer (“a village in East Devon”).

Proper noun

Berrow (countable and uncountable, plural Berrows)

1. A village and civil parish in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST2952).
2. A small village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7934).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Berrow is the 11902^nd most common surname in England, belonging to 477 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Berrow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147.

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