Nettleship
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname from a lost place in Yorkshire, from Old English netle (“nettle”) + -s- + hop (“small valley, enclosure”). The change of ending from -shop to -ship is common in Northern English.
Proper noun
Nettleship (plural Nettleships)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nettleship is the 153769th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 106 individuals. Nettleship is most common among White (98.11%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nettleship”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 660.