Hotelling

Hotelling Meaning & Origin

About Hotelling
The surname Hotelling is of English origin and is derived from the Old English personal name "Hottel" or "Hottell," which was a diminutive form of "Holt," meaning "wood" or "grove." The suffix "-ing" indicates "descendant of" or "belonging to," thus making Hotelling mean "descendant of Hottel" or "one who belongs to Hottel's family." The name likely originated as a patronymic surname, denoting someone who was a descendant or member of a family associated with a particular place named Hottel or Holt.

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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Hotelling is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Hotelling: 291
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 67747
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.1

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Hotelling based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

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Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
HTLNK
🗽 NYSIIS
HA
🔊 Soundex
H0304052
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
HH OW0 T EH1 L IH0 NG
🌐 IPA
/hotelling*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('HTLNK', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
H345

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Hotelling in Braille

Here's how to represent Hotelling in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Hotelling in braille

How to sign the name Hotelling using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Hotelling using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Hotelling in sign language

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