Newport Family History
Newport Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places with this name in Buckinghamshire Cornwall Devon Essex Gloucestershire Isle of Wight Monmouthshire Shropshire Somerset or the East Yorkshire. The placenames derive from Middle English neue ‘new’ + port ‘port harbour’ also ‘market town’ (Old English nīwe port).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022