Copplestone
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English
Etymology
Perhaps from Old English copel (“unsteady, rocking”) + stān (“stone”). Alternatively, the first element might be related to Old English copp (“top, summit”), through the adjective coppel (“peaked, rounded”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊn
Proper noun
Copplestone (countable and uncountable, plural Copplestones)
- A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7602). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Copplestone is the 18397th most common surname in England, belonging to 258 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Copplestone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 365.
- Forebears