Ragdale
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Ragsdale
Etymology
From Old English hraca (“throat; gorge, ravine”) + dæl (“valley, dale”).
Proper noun
Ragdale (countable and uncountable, plural Ragdales)
- A village in Hoby with Rotherby parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK662381).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ragdale is the 55443rd most common surname in England, belonging to 47 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ragdale”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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