Haworth
English
Etymology
From Old English haga (“enclosure, yard; hedge”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, village in West Yorkshire) IPA(key): /ˈhaʊəθ/
Proper noun
Haworth (countable and uncountable, plural Haworths)
- A village in Haworth and Stanbury parish, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0337).
- A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
- A town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Descendants
- ⇒ Translingual: Haworthia
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Haworth is the 6714th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5030 individuals. Haworth is most common among White (92.7%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 145.