Walkinshaw Family History

Walkinshaw Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Walkinshaw in Renfrewshire. The second element of the placename is Scots shaw ‘small wood’; the first element is probably the present participle of wa(u)lk ‘to full (cloth)’, as in the ubiquitous wa(u)lkmill ‘fulling mill’; perhaps therefore ‘wood by a fulling mill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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