Thorold

English

Etymology

From the Middle English personal name Thurold, Thorold, Thorald, from the Old English Thorweald, Thorwald, Turwald etc. and variations, suffix from Old English weald, likely influenced and reinforced by cognate Old Norse Þóraldr, a personal name composed of the elements Þórr (“Thor”) and valdr (“ruler”).

Proper noun

Thorold (countable and uncountable, plural Thorolds)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A city in Ontario, Canada.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Thorold is the 13469^th most common surname in England, belonging to 404 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thorold”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears