Re: Whitworth

01:29, sabato 13 gennaio 2007, John Briggs:
ADPUF wrote:
What, if there is one, is the meaning of that surname?

English surnames derive from 1) first names, 2) place-names,
3) nicknames, or 4) occupation names.

In this case "Whitworth" is a place-name in County Durham,
meaning 'Hwita's enclosure'.


Thank you very much.

I read on my old dictionary that "whit" means a very little part
of something, or a little quantity of something.

That lead me to suppose that that surname could have a
denigrative meaning.

Another meaning for "Whit" is related to a Christian Holyday.


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