261 Global RAMSHAW Family Members

RAMSHAW Family History

Recorded as Ranshaw, Ramshaw, Renshaw, Renishaw, Renshall, Ravenshaw and others, this is an English surname of some complexity. Over the centuries the name spellings have overlapped or become fused, and the bbest that can be said is that the nameholders originate any of several places. These include the villages called Renishaw in Derbyshire, Ramshaw in County Durham and Northumberland, or the rather similar Ravenshaw in Warwickshire. The first place derives from the Norman-French given name "Reynold", itself from the pre 7th century Germanic name "Raginwald," meaning counsel-rule, with the English word "schage," meaning a copse or small wood, the later word shaw.