Nuttall

English

Etymology

From Old English hnutu (“nut”) + healh (“nook, corner”).

Proper noun

Nuttall (countable and uncountable, plural Nuttalls)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A suburb of Ramsbottom, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7915).
   2. An unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Geiger-Nuttall law, Geiger-Nuttall rule
• Nuttall's oak (Quercus texana)
• Nuttall's woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)
• Nuttall sandstone
• Nuttall's toothwort (Cardamine nuttallii)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Nuttallia, Nuttallides, Nuttallina, Nuttallochiton, Nuttallornis, nuttallii, nuttalli, nuttallianus, nuttalliae

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nuttall is the 9884^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3271 individuals. Nuttall is most common among White (93.49%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nuttall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 684.
• Nuttall at the Catalogue of Life