Firth

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
  3. A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. A parish on the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY3514 (approx.)
  5. A small village in north-east Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4473).
  6. A hamlet south-east of Lilliesleaf, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5423).

Origin

* As an English and Scottish surname, from Old English fyrhþe (“forest”). * As a Scottish surname, from Firth in Orkney, itself from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth”). * As a Welsh surname, from ffrith, itself borrowed from the first sense.

Forms

Firths