The newport Surname
newport Name Meaning and History
Southern English: habitational name from any of several places so
called, from Old English neowe ‘new’ + port ‘market
town’ (see Port 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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