Slade (surname)

Slade is a surname of Saxon origin, meaning, variously at different times in different dialects, "a valley, dell, or dingle; an open space between banks or woods; a forest glade; a strip of greensward or of boggy land; the side or slope of a hill."[1] Earliest known references in England as a surname are found in the south west, especially in Devon.[1]

Notable people bearing the surname include:

References

  1. 1 2 Benjamin Slade (12 November 2009). "'Slayed in a Slade: An etymological indulgence'". Retrieved 15 September 2010.

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