Bothwell

English

Etymology

From Middle English bothe (“booth”) + welle (“well, spring”).

Proper noun

Bothwell (countable and uncountable, plural Bothwells)

1. A large village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7058).
2. A small town in central Tasmania, Australia.
3. A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
4. An unincorporated community in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.
5. A habitational surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bothwell is the 13330^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2288 individuals. Bothwell is most common among White (83.48%) and Black/African American (10.8%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bothwell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203.