Andrewartha
Andrewartha and Trewartha are Cornish family names.
"Cornish names"[1] says:
- Nouns:
- "tre" a "town", feminine, maybe a hamlet or house
- "tref : village, town", Brythonic Celt Welsh about 4-500 AD
- Adjectives:
- "Wartha" : "upper" (maybe higher or greater or on a hill)
- cf. "Wollas" : "lower" (maybe smaller or lesser or in a valley, of the two).
- "Wartha" : "upper" (maybe higher or greater or on a hill)
- Definite article:
- "An" used as : "of the", "in the", "on the", "at the", in place names. Brythonic Celt Cornish language (Dexter, p. 18).
The book mentions "Trewartha" (p. 25), and "Andrewartha" (p. 60).
The "Handbook of Cornish Names"[2] states: "Trewartha" is a Cornish name meaning "Upper Farm" or "Upper Homestead".
People
- Herbert Andrewartha (1907-1992), Australian research scientist in the fields of entomology, biology, zoology and animal ecology
- Janet Andrewartha (born 1952), Australian actress
- John Andrewartha, Cornish-born American architect and civil engineer
- Roy Andrewartha, English snooker player, finalist at the 1977, 1978, 1979 & 1984 World Snooker Championships
References
- ^ T. F. G. Dexter, Cornish Names, Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1926, Longmans Green. Reprinted 1968, Bradford Barton, p. 15
- ^ G. Pawley White, Handbook of Cornish Names