The thwaites Surname
thwaites Name Meaning and History
Northern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a
clearing or patch of pasture land, Middle English thwaite (Old
Norse þveit), or a habitational name from any of the various
places named with this word, in northern England, Norfolk, and
Suffolk.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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