Why my wife should be happy with her adopted surname.
I stumbled across the above in The Origin of English Surnames whilst taking my lunch break in Newcastle City Library today. So ‘Belshaw’ is a surviving form of ‘Belcher’ meaning ‘pretty face’, ‘pretty look’ and ‘one of a pleasant, cheerful demeanour’.
Could be worse. :-p
Question is, what did her maiden name mean? 🙂
Ah, good point. Should have looked that up! Given that it was ‘Crozier’ I’m
thinking probably something to do with religion in some sense?
Hmm, couldn’t even begin to guess! Not my field of expertise :]