Woodthorpe
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English
Etymology
From Old English wudu (“wood”) + þorp (“village”).
Proper noun
Woodthorpe (countable and uncountable, plural Woodthorpes)
- A hamlet in Chesterfield district, Derbyshire, England.
- A hamlet (unparished) south of Loughborough, Charnwood district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5417).
- A suburb of York, North Yorkshire, England.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Woodthorpe is the 10941st most common surname in England, belonging to 534 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Woodthorpe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.