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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