FAWTHROP
Fawthrop is an English surname with Norse origins, derived from the Old Norse personal name Faldr – meaning falcon – and the Old English word thorp, signifying a hamlet or village. The combined meaning has been rendered as “the dweller at the falcon village” or “one who comes from the village associated with falcons”.
The locational name is rooted in Viking settlement; it is believed to have sprung from the village of Farlesthorp in Lincolnshire, first recorded as Farlestorp in the Pipe Rolls of 1190 during the reign of Richard the Lionheart. The suffix thorpe indicates a farm or place, while the prefix Farl is linked to the pre 7th century personal name Faraldr. In later records the name appears in several variants such as Fulthropp (1635), Fulthorpe (1639) and Falthropp (1567).
Whereas the place name is documented as early as the 12th century, the first recorded instance of the surname in a family context is that of Marye Fawthropp, baptised in 1577 at Halifax Parish Church during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Because the village associated with the name appears to have undergone wholesale clearance late in the medieval period, the bearers of the surname became geographically dispersed. As a result, Fawthrop remains an uncommon surname in the United Kingdom today, with a small number of individuals maintaining the spelling across several generations.
Typical given names associated with the Fawthrop surname
Male
- Andrew
- Anthony
- Christopher
- Darren
- David
- Gordon
- John
- Michael
- Paul
- Richard
- Terence
- Thomas
Female
- Alison
- Angela
- Emily
- Gemma
- Jacqueline
- Jennifer
- Joanne
- Patricia
- Phyllis
- Rachael
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There are approximately 268 people named Fawthrop in the UK. That makes it one of Britain's least common surnames. Only around four in a million people in Britain are named Fawthrop.
