Thorndike
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Thorndyke
Etymology
Topographic surname for someone who lived by a sort of palisade made with thornbushes, from Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + dīc (“ditch; dike”).
The town was named after Israel Thorndike, a landowner.
Proper noun
Thorndike (countable and uncountable, plural Thorndikes)
- A surname from Old English.
- A town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Thorndike is the 39555th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 556 individuals. Thorndike is most common among White (92.81%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thorndike”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.