Thorne in my family tree
1. English and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or hedge (Old English, Old Norse ðorn), or habitation name from a place named with this word, for example Thorne in Somerset or Thorns in Suffolk. 2. Low German and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, from Middle Low German torn tower. 3. German: habitation name from the city of Thorn, now Toruń; in Poland, the name of which is from Middle High German torn tower.
Variants (of 1): English: Thorne, Thorns, Thornes. (Of 3): Thörner.
Cognates (of 1): German: Dorn. Flemish, Dutch: Van Doorn, Van den Doorne, Doorneman. Jewish (Ashkenazic; perhaps assigned as offensive names by anti-Semitic officials): Dorn, Dorner, Derner, Dornbusch, Dornbush.
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