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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈhɔ.θɔɹn/

Meaning & History

Denoted a person who lived near a hawthorn bush, a word derived from Old English hagaþorn, from haga meaning "enclosure, yard" and þorn meaning "thorn bush". A famous bearer was the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), author of The Scarlet Letter.