Fremantle

English

Etymology

The surname is a variant of Freemantle. The Australian seaport is named after Captain (later Admiral) Charles Howe Fremantle, who pronounced British possession of Western Australia and established a camp at the site of the now port.

Proper noun

Fremantle (countable and uncountable, plural Fremantles)

1. An English surname from Old French.
2. A major port city and suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

   Synonym: Freo

3. The City of Fremantle, a local government area in Western Australia.

Derived terms

• North Fremantle

Translations

Western Australian port

• Russian: Фри́мантл m (Frímantl)

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fremantle is the 43050^th most common surname in England, belonging to 70 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fremantle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 603.

Anagrams

• fermental