Daintith

English

Etymology

A nickname for a pleasant or handsome person, from Middle English deinteth (“pleasure, tidbit”), which is from Old French deintié (“dignity”).

Proper noun

Daintith (plural Daintiths)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Daintith is the 23948^th most common surname in England, belonging to 173 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Daintith”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 404.