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hesketh

/hˈɛskɪθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
hes-keth
IPA
/hˈɛskɪθ/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old Norse.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Hesketh Bank, in Lancashire, from Old Norse hestr (“stallion”) + skeið (“racecourse”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Heskeths (plural) Heskett (alternative)

Phrases

Hesketh Bank Hesketh with Becconsall

Frequently Paired Words

Hesketh Bank Hesketh with Becconsall

Questions

How do you pronounce hesketh?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɛskɪθ/.
What does hesketh mean?
A surname from Old Norse.
Where does hesketh come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce hesketh

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