Given name & surname
Thackeray
“thatch, roof”·“nook”
Thackeray is a surname from Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Thackeray is built from elements meaning “thatch, roof” and “nook”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Built from Old Norse þak (“thatch, roof”) + rá (“nook”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Thackeray’s family of names
In English usage, Thackeray as a surname has a related form in THAKRE. In English usage, Thackeray as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Теккерей. In English usage, Thackeray as a surname was borrowed from the Marathi form ठाकरे.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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