Släkthistoria för Birtwistle
Birtwistle Vad efternamn betyder
from a lost place called Birtwisle in Padiham (Lancs) or from Briestwistle in Thornhill (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Brerethwisel in 1243 or from a lost Breretwisel in Wath on Dearne (WR Yorks). The Lancs name is from bridd ‘young bird’ in the genitive case with -es (or a personal name from this) + twisla ‘fork in a stream’. The first element in the Yorks names is brēr ‘briar’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
