Cawthorne (surname)
Cawthorne is a toponymic surname related to the village of Cawthorne in South Yorkshire, England,[1] or alternatively the village of Cawthorn in North Yorkshire, England.[2] The linguistic origin of the surname is the Old English cald-thorne meaning "cold (or exposed) thorn-tree".[3]
Among the documented variants of this surname are Cawthorn, Cawthon, Corthorn and Cawthron.[1]
- Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925), music promoter, a founder of Cawthorne and Co.
- Harry Cawthorne (born 1900), English footballer
- Rupert Cawthorne, early 20th-century English footballer
- W. A. Cawthorne (1825–1897), schoolmaster in South Australia, father of Charles
- Cawthorn
- Joe T. Cawthorn (1911–1967), American politician
- Joseph Cawthorn (1867–1949), American stage and film actor
- Rachel Cawthorn (born 1988), British sprint canoer
- Walter Cawthorn (1896–1970), Australian major general and diplomat
See also
- John Fenton-Cawthorne (1753–1851), British Conservative Member of Parliament
- Thomas Cawthron (1833–1915), New Zealand businessman and philanthropist
References
- ^ a b Bardsley, Charles W. E. (1901). A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames. Henry Frowde. p. 166. ISBN 978-5-87114-401-5.
- ^ "Cawthorne Name Meaning & Cawthorne Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ Brown, Samuel L. (1967). Surnames are the Fossils of Speech. p. 52.
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