English Explanatory Dictionary

Soppitt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

Soppitt Soppitts Sopwith

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place near Otterburn, Northumberland, which was recorded as Sokpeth in the past. This placename may derive from Old English soc (“suck, sucking”), probably meaning "moisture collecting in the soil" or "drainage of a dunghill", + pæþ (“path, track”).

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