Bagnall
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ‘person from Bagnall’, Staffordshire, from Badeca’s nook of land
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 13 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ˈbæɡnəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bagnall is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)‘person from Bagnall’, Staffordshire, from Badeca’s nook of land
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Bagnall is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Bagnall, Staffordshire; first attested William de Bagenholt 1299 AssSt.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, so called from the OE personal name Badeca, Baduca (from a short form of the various cpd names with the first element beadu battle) + OE hath nook, recess (see Hale) or holt wood (see Holt). Vars.: Bagnell, Bagenal, Bagnold.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, William de Bagenholt 1299 AssSt; John Bagenelle 1379 LLB H; Ralph Bagnall, Bagnold, Bagenall alias Bagnald 1561 Pat. From Bagnall (Staffs).
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In Irish, Named from an English village this family came to Ireland in the sixteenth century, and were later prominent in the Catholic-Irish cause. The principal family was located in Co. Carlow and is remembered in the place-name Bagenalstown (now Muine Bheag). Bibl; MIF 24. See Begln
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Charles Bagnallb. 1827GBBritish politician
- James Eustace Bagnallb. 1830GBBritish naturalist (1830-1918)
- Graham Bagnallb. 1912NZNew Zealand librarian, bibliographer, historian
- Nigel Bagnallb. 1927GBBritish Army officer and Chief of the General Staff (1927–2002)
- Roger S. Bagnallb. 1947USAmerican historian
- Darren Bagnallb. 1966AUProfessor
- Heather Bagnallb. 1974USAmerican politician
- Drew Bagnallb. 1983CACanadian ice hockey player
- Will Bagnallactor
- Alison BagnallAmerican filmmaker
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)23 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.2K | #20,456 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,717 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #22,469 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 27 | #69,296 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 27 | #67,696 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 14 | #47,506 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 7 | #88,090 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 6 | #55,106 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 4 | #215,950 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 4 | #213,752 |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bagnall mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘person from Bagnall’, Staffordshire, from Badeca’s nook of land Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Bagnall?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbæɡnəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Bagnall have the most bearers?
- Bagnall is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bagnall”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.