Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage English Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 6/26/2011 by Polly Names Edited 6/5/2016 by LMS Meaning & History The name of an English county used as a personal name. It is derived from Old English and may mean “the people of the summer settlement” or “settlers by the sea-lakes”. It is often translated as “Land of Summer”.