Given name & surname · also Middle English
Featherstone
“four”
Featherstone is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Featherstone goes back to Old English fiþer-, meaning “four.”
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Where it comes from
Featherstone comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English featherston, from Old English feoþerstān, from Old English fiþer- (“four”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Featherstone’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Featherstone, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Freestone
Freestone is a surname from Old English.
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Enstone
“stone”
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Fotheringham
“grazing”
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Farebrother
“fair, beautiful”
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Copplestone
“unsteady, rocking”
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Popplestone
“pebble”
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Penistone
“head”
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Fazakerley
“border; fringe”
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