Cawthorne (surname)

For the defunct South Australian music business, see Cawthorne and Co.

Cawthorne is a toponymic surname related to the village of Cawthorne in South Yorkshire, England,[1] or alternatively the village of Cawthorn in North Yorkshire, England.[2] The linguistic origin of the surname is the Old English cald-thorne meaning "cold (or exposed) thorn-tree".[3]

Among the documented variants of this surname are Cawthorn, Cawthon, Corthorn and Cawthron.[1]

Cawthorn

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bardsley, Charles W.E. A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames. Рипол Классик. p. 166. ISBN 978-5-87114-401-5 via Google Books.
  2. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013 via Ancestry.com.
  3. Brown, Samuel L. (1967). Surnames are the Fossils of Speech. p. 52 via Google Books.
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