Freemantle

English

Alternative forms

• Fremantle

Etymology

From French Fromental (“a place name, a commune in Limousin, France”), from Old French froit (“cold”) + mantel (“cloak, mantle”). The suburb in Hampshire is named after the French village.

Proper noun

Freemantle (countable and uncountable, plural Freemantles)

1. A suburb of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4012).
2. A surname from Old French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Freemantle is the 100791^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 179 individuals. Freemantle is most common among White (81.01%) and Black/African American (16.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Freemantle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 601.