The earnshaw Surname
earnshaw Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire, named in Old
English as ‘eagle’s nook’ or ‘Earn’s nook’, from Old English
halh ‘nook’ (see Hale). Earn is the Old English
word meaning ‘eagle’; it is also found as a personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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