Bothwell
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English
Etymology
From Middle English bothe (“booth”) + welle (“well, spring”).
Proper noun
Bothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bothwells)
- A large village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7058).
- A small town in central Tasmania, Australia.
- A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.
- A habitational surname from Middle English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bothwell is the 13330th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2288 individuals. Bothwell is most common among White (83.48%) and Black/African American (10.8%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bothwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203.