Butterworth.
A surname from Old English.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Old English.
A ghost town in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.
A city in Penang, Malaysia.
Where this word comes from
Habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English butere (“butter”) + worþ (“enclosure”). The city in Malaysia is named after William John Butterworth, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855.
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