Nettleton
English
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Etymology
editFrom Old English netele (“nettle”) tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
editNettleton (countable and uncountable, plural Nettletons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA1000).
- A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8278).
- An unincorporated community in Edwards County, Kansas, United States.
- A town in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Missouri, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nettleton is the 14316th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2090 individuals. Nettleton is most common among White (94.45%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nettleton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 660.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Wiltshire, England
- en:Places in Wiltshire, England
- en:Unincorporated communities in Kansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Kansas, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in Mississippi, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Mississippi, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English