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I would love to bear this surname if I could. The Hawthorn is a truly magical tree.
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Usages: Scottish
Meaning: Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived by a bush or hedge of hawthorn (Old English haguþorn, hægþorn, i.e. thorn used for making hedges and enclosures, Old English haga, (ge)hæg), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Hawthorn in County Durham. In Scotland the surname originated in the Durham place name, and from Scotland it was taken to Ireland. This spelling is now found primarily in northern Ireland.
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Hawthorne
(Information from name #186809 originally submitted by an anonymous user)
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Meaning: Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived by a bush or hedge of hawthorn (Old English haguþorn, hægþorn, i.e. thorn used for making hedges and enclosures, Old English haga, (ge)hæg), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Hawthorn in County Durham. In Scotland the surname originated in the Durham place name, and from Scotland it was taken to Ireland. This spelling is now found primarily in northern Ireland.
http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=Hawthorne
(Information from name #186809 originally submitted by an anonymous user)
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