Bulstrode
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Apparently a nickname for someone who mounted a bull, from bull + strode.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Bulstrode (plural Bulstrodes)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bulstrode is the 45570th most common surname in England, belonging to 64 individuals.
References
[edit]- ^ Mark Antony Lower (1860) “Bulstrode”, in Patronymica Britannica. A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom., London: John Russell Smith, […]; Lewes: G. P. Bacon, page 45, column 1.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bulstrode”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250.
- Forebears