Hodnet

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Hodnett

Etymology

From Welsh hawdd (“pleasant, peaceful”) + nant (“brook, stream”).

Proper noun

Hodnet (countable and uncountable, plural Hodnets)

1. A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ613286).
2. A habitational surname from Welsh.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hodnet is the 517445^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hodnet”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 186.