Thistlewaite: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Thistlewaite is best understood together with Thistlethwaite: both are English spellings of a single family name. The family name meaning is “Thistle clearing”, the same as for Thistlethwaite.

• Before spelling was fixed, Thistlethwaite was also written Thistlewaite.
• Related forms: Thistlewood.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Heraldry and the Thistlewaite name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Thistlethwaite surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Thistlewaite report, with a museum-style coat of arms.