Name Thistlethwaite
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsThistlethwayte
Theme meadow
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Meaning & History
Habitational name for a person from Thistlewood in Castle Sowerby, or from a lost place named Thistelthuait in Lancashire. The placenames derive from Old English þistel "thistle" and Old Norse þveit "clearing" (cf. Thwaites).