Gosnold
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)
- A surname from Old English.
- A town in Dukes County, Massachusetts, coextensive with the Elizabeth Islands; named after English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold.
Related terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gosnold is the 32731st most common surname in England, belonging to 107 individuals.
References
- 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.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gosnold”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 69.
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