# Unsworth

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #76,434

## Definitions
1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD814470).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name *Hund, a byname from hund (“hound, dog”), + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”). The loss of the initial "h" sound is a typical feature of Lancashire placenames.

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