Tew

See also: tew

English

Etymology 1

Two possible origins:

• English habitational surname from the villages of Great, Little and Duns Tew, in Oxfordshire, all from Old English tīewe (“row; lenghty object”) or tīwe (“meeting place, court”).
• Welsh nickname for a fat man, from Welsh tew (“plump”).

Proper noun

Tew (plural Tews)

1. A surname.

Related terms

• Duns Tew
• Great Tew
• Little Tew

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tew is the 6470^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5247 individuals. Tew is most common among White (94.43%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tew”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

Anglicisation of Old English Tīw from analogy with English Tuesday (Middle English Tewesday).

Proper noun

Tew

1. (rare) Alternative form of Tiw (the god Tyr).
   • 1892, Frederick York Powell, “Teutonic Heathendom”, in Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative Religion, page 281:

     Frey and Tew were the chief gods of the Swedes and Franks, Thunder (Thórr) of the Reams and Throwends in West Norway.

Anagrams

• ewt, wet