Type Surname
Usage Anglo-Norman
Meaning & History
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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsWilshire, Wilcher, Wiltshear, Wiltsheir, Wilsher, Wilshire, Wilshaw
Meaning & History
habitational name from the county of Wiltshire in southwest central England which gets its name from Wilton from Old English welig meaning "willow", wille meaning "well, spring, water hole", or the name of the River Wylye, combined with tun "enclosure, yard, town". (once the county's principal town) and Old English scir "shire administrative division".