Welch.
A British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname, a variant of Walsh.
Meaning & usage
A British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname, a variant of Walsh.
Archaic spelling of Welsh.
A locale in the United States: A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
A locale in the United States: A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
A locale in the United States: A town in Craig County, Oklahoma; named for railroad official K. A. Welch.
A locale in the United States: A city, the county seat of McDowell County, West Virginia; named for Confederate Army captain Isaiah A. Welch.
A locale in the United States: A census-designated place in Dawson County, Texas.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English Welich, variant of Walsch, from Old English welisc, wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.
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