Cawthorne (surname)

Cawthorne or Cawthorn is a toponymic surname related to the village of Cawthorne in South Yorkshire, England, or alternatively the village of Cawthorn in North Yorkshire, England. It also means a region of Yorkshire where there are many thorned plants and the climate is cold. The linguistic origin of the surname is the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) cald-thorne meaning "cold (or exposed) thorn-tree".

Other documented variants of this surname include Cawthon, Corthorn and Cawthron.

People named Cawthorne or Cawthorn include:


 * Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925), music promoter, a founder of Cawthorne and Co.
 * Harry Cawthorne (born 1900), English footballer
 * James Cawthorn (1719–1761), minor English poet and schoolmaster
 * Joe T. Cawthorn (1911–1987), American politician
 * Joseph Cawthorn (1867–1949), American stage and film actor
 * Madison Cawthorn (born 1995), American politician
 * Minnie Elizabeth Cawthorn (1898–1966), Australian headmistress and aviator
 * Rachel Cawthorn (born 1988), British sprint canoer
 * Rupert Cawthorne, early 20th-century English footballer
 * Sam Cawthorn (born 1979), Australian author and entrepreneur
 * W. A. Cawthorne (1825–1897), schoolmaster in South Australia, father of Charles
 * Walter Cawthorn (1896–1970), Australian major general and diplomat