Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A surname from Old English. · A rural community in Cochrane District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada. · A locality in the Shire of Gannawarra, northern Victoria, Australia · A statutory town in Weld County, Colorado.
Two main origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”). * A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).
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