Copplestone

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English copel (“unsteady, rocking”) + stān (“stone”). Alternatively, the first element might be related to Old English copp (“top, summit”), through the adjective coppel (“peaked, rounded”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊn

Proper noun

Copplestone (countable and uncountable, plural Copplestones)

1. A village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS7602).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Copplestone is the 18397^th most common surname in England, belonging to 258 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Copplestone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 365.
• Forebears