Birkenhead

Meaning

1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3288).
2. A settlement in the Western Cape province, South Africa.
3. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, on the city's North Shore.
4. Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
5. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia.
6. An English topographic surname.

Etymology / origin

From Birkheued 1260, Bircheveth c1200; headland where birch trees grow; from Old English birce + heafod.

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