Agnew.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A placename, from the surname: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois.
A placename, from the surname: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Grand Haven Township, Ottawa County, Michigan.
A placename, from the surname: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
A placename, from the surname: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington.
A placename, from the surname: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
A placename, from the surname: A ghost town in the Shire of Leonora, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
Where this word comes from
Two possible origins: * Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Agneaux, in Normandy. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gnímh (“descendant of Gníomh”), a byname from gníomh (“action, deed, act”).
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