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Hesketh

Hesketh proper noun: a surname from Old Norse.

Proper noun

Hesketh (countable and uncountable, plural Heskeths)

  1. A surname from Old Norse.
  2. A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.

Forms of Hesketh

pluralHeskeths
alternative formHeskett

Origin of Hesketh

Habitational surname from the village of Hesketh Bank, in Lancashire, from Old Norse hestr (“stallion”) + skeið (“racecourse”).

Questions about Hesketh

What does Hesketh mean?
Hesketh means a surname from Old Norse.
What part of speech is Hesketh?
Hesketh is a proper noun.

Words near Hesketh in the dictionary

  1. hesitativeness
  2. hesitator
  3. hesitators
  4. hesitatory
  5. Hesket
  6. Hesketh
  7. Hesketh Bank
  8. Hesketh with Becconsall
  9. Heskeths
  10. Heskett
  11. Hesketts

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