Dowthwaite
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from the Old Norse personal name Ufi + þveit (“clearing, glade”); the initial d- may come from Old French de (“of”), an element which later became fused into the surname. Compare Outhwaite.
Proper noun edit
Dowthwaite (plural Dowthwaites)
- A surname from Old Norse.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dowthwaite is the 12877th most common surname in England, belonging to 429 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dowthwaite”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 485.
- Forebears