Thornycroft

English

Alternative forms

• Thorneycroft

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified settlement, from Old English þorniġ (“thorny, full of thorns”) + croft (“croft, enclosed field”).

Proper noun

Thornycroft (plural Thornycrofts)

1. A habitational surname from Old English.

References

• surnamemap.eu

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thornycroft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.