Micklethwaite

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Micklethwait

Etymology

From Old Norse mikill (“great, large”) + þveit (“clearing”).

Proper noun

Micklethwaite (countable and uncountable, plural Micklethwaites)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A hamlet in Allerdale district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY284504).
   2. A small village north of Bingley, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1041)
   3. A suburban area of Wetherby, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE402494).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Micklethwaite is the 7665^th most common surname in England, belonging to 844 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Micklethwaite”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 585.
• Forebears