Thistlewood

Thistlewood Meaning & Origin

About Thistlewood
The surname Thistlewood is of English origin and is derived from the Old English words "thistle" and "wudu," meaning "thistle" and "wood" respectively. It is a locational surname, indicating that the original bearers of the name lived near or in a place with a significant presence of thistles. The thistle is a prickly plant with purple flowers, and its inclusion in the surname suggests that the ancestral home of the Thistlewood family may have been in an area where thistles were abundant.

🌍 Origin
📏 Surname Length
💬 Number of Syllables
🔠 Starting Letter
Discover Your Ancestry with 23andMe Logo

Discover Your Ancestry with 23andMe

Explore your ancestry and health insights with exclusive savings.

Save 15%-60% this holiday season

Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

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

  • Number of People with the name Thistlewood: 193
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 94,730
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.07

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

Ranking information for the surname Thistlewood is not currently available.

Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
0STLT
🗽 NYSIIS
TA
🔊 Soundex
T023403
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
TH IH1 S T W AH0 L D AO0 F
🌐 IPA
/thistlewood*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('0STLT', 'TSTLT')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
T234

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Thistlewood in Braille

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

The name Thistlewood in braille

How to sign the name Thistlewood using Sign Language

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

The name Thistlewood in sign language

Numerology