# Henshaw

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,837

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY765645).
2. A suburb of Yeadon, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2040).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name *Heþin + -s- + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

## Common misspellings (11)
`ehnshaw`, `henhsaw`, `hennshaw`, `hensahw`, `henshaww`, `henshhaw`, `henshwa`, `hensshaw`, `hesnhaw`, `hhenshaw`, `hneshaw`

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