Given name & surname
Rothwell
“from the red spring”
Rothwell is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “from the red spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the red spring.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rothwell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1943
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1943. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,241 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rothwell’s family of names
Rothwell has a related form in Rothewel. Rothwell has a related form in Rothewell. Rothwell has a related form in Rothwel.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Sibling ideas
Names that share Rothwell’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A sister for Rothwell