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Leffingwell

Leffingwell proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Leffingwell (plural Leffingwells)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Leffingwell

pluralLeffingwells

Origin of Leffingwell

English habitational surname from a lost place in Essex recorded as Liffildeuuella in the Domesday Book, from the Old English female given name Lēofhild + wella (“well, spring”).

Questions about Leffingwell

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

Words near Leffingwell in the dictionary

  1. Leffert
  2. Lefferts
  3. Leffertses
  4. Leffew
  5. Leffews
  6. Leffingwell
  7. Leffingwells
  8. Leffler
  9. Lefflers
  10. Leffs
  11. Lefka

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