Copthorne
village · West Sussex
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Copthorne likely means 'the thorn bush on the hill' or 'the thorn bush at the top'. It combines 'copp', meaning top or peak, with 'thorn', referring to a thorn bush, and possibly 'hoh', meaning a spur of land.
Word origins
- copp
- Old Englishtop, peak(from copp "top")
- thorn
- Old Englishthorn bush(from þorn "thorn")