Släkthistoria för Athorn
Athorn Vad efternamn betyder
variant of Ardern recorded in WR Yorks from the 16th century onwards as Ardron and Arthurne and with dissimilation of the first r as Atheron Athorne and Haythorne. from Eythorne (Kent) recorded as (æt) Heahgyðe ðorne in 805-7 and as Egethorne Eythorn and Aythorn in the 13th century. The place-name derives from the genitive singular of the Old English female personal name Hēahgȳð + Old English þorn ‘thorn bush’. variant of Hawthorn. See also Hathorn.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
