Ashdown
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
- 2 A city, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas, United States. countable, uncountable
Etymology
Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.
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