Thornton name - Meaning of Thornton

Thornton name - Meaning of Thornton

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Gender
Masculine
Lucky Number
7
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Usage
English
Pronounced
THORN-tən
Thornton Meaning
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "thorn town" in Old English. Thornton is an Old English locational name for people who come from Thornton in Yorkshire or Lincolnshire. The place name Thornton is itself derived from the Old English words "thorn", which means "a thorn bush or hedge", and "tun", which means "an enclosure or settlement". The name is taken to mean a "thorny enclosure".

Thornton Celebrities
Thornton Wilder - author, Thornton Kipper - baseball player,


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