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4/28/2025, 6:19 AM DoingNothing247
11/9/2018, 6:01 PM SeaHorse15

Name Thistlethwaite
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsThistlethwayte
Theme meadow
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

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).
Added 11/9/2018 by SeaHorse15