Boothroyd

English

Etymology

From Northern Middle English bothe (“booth, hut, shed”) + royd (“clearing”).

Proper noun

Boothroyd (countable and uncountable, plural Boothroyds)

1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE235215).
2. A habitational surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Boothroyd is the 37391^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 596 individuals. Boothroyd is most common among White (96.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boothroyd”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194.