# Balcombe

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #83,998

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3030).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Recorded as Baldecombe (1279) and Balecumba (late 11th century). Probably from the Old English personal name *Bealda + cumb (“valley”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/balcombe