Wraxall

From a lost Old English word *wrocc (“buzzard”), perhaps used as a personal name, + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”). Compare the doublet Wroxall.

Wraxall (countable and uncountable, plural Wraxalls)

1. A civil parish in Dorset, England.
2. A hamlet in Ditcheat parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6036).
3. A village in Wraxall and Failand parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4971).
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wraxall is the 31110^th most common surname in England, belonging to 116 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wraxall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears