Woolfitt
English
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Tickhill, South Yorkshire, now known as Woolthwaite, but called Woolfit in 1817. The name derives from Old Norse úlfr (“wolf”) + þveit (“clearing, glade, meadow”).
Proper noun
Woolfitt (plural Woolfitts)
- A surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Woolfitt is the 35632nd most common surname in England, belonging to 94 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Woolfitt”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears