Corstorphine
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Carstarphen
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cros (“cross”) + Torfin, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þorfinnr.
Proper noun edit
Corstorphine (countable and uncountable, plural Corstorphines)
- A suburb of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073).
- A suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand.
- A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Corstorphine is the 3758th most common surname in Scotland, belonging to 134 individuals.
References edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Corstorphine”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 371.