Thorne
[θɔrn]Meaning
English surname, originally referring to a thorn bush
Background Story
Thorne is an English surname, originally referring to a thorn bush, and it is the 1,721st most common surname in the United States. Its origins date to before the Norman Conquest of 1066, in the county of Somerset, and it is now found mostly in Dorset and Devon. A user-submitted entry records Thorne as a rare masculine given name in English.
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