Firth
English edit
Etymology edit
- As an English and Scottish surname, from Old English fyrhþe (“forest”).
- As a Scottish surname, from Firth in Orkney, itself from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth”).
- As a Welsh surname, from ffrith, itself borrowed from the first sense.
Proper noun edit
Firth (countable and uncountable, plural Firths)
- A surname.
- A city and town in Idaho.
- A village in Nebraska.
- A small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Firth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 577.