Banfield

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A city within Buenos Aires, Argentina, named after Edward Banfield. countable, uncountable

Etymology

* As an English and Irish (by way of Norman) surname, from Banville in Calvados. Sometimes confused with Bonfield, Benfield, but unrelated. * Also as an English surname, from several places in England with the name Bampfylde, first recognised in the parish of Weston Bampfylde near Castle Cary, in the county of Somerset. The name is composed of Old English bean + feld (“field”).

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