Winterbottom

English

Alternative forms

• Winterbotham

Etymology

From Old English winter (“winter”) + botm (“bottom, ground”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a valley only in winter, while spending the summer on the upland pastures.

Proper noun

Winterbottom (plural Winterbottoms)

1. A surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Winterbottom's sign

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Winterbottom is the 27354^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 883 individuals. Winterbottom is most common among White (94.22%) individuals.

Further reading

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