Nuttall
English
Etymology
From Old English hnutu (“nut”) + healh (“nook, corner”).
Proper noun
Nuttall (countable and uncountable, plural Nuttalls)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A suburb of Ramsbottom, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7915). [1]
- An unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Translingual: Nuttallia, Nuttallides, Nuttallina, Nuttallochiton, Nuttallornis, nuttallii, nuttalli, nuttallianus, nuttalliae
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nuttall is the 9884th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3271 individuals. Nuttall is most common among White (93.49%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nuttall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 684.
- Nuttall at the Catalogue of Life
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