Trousdale

English

Etymology

Reduced form of Troutsdale, meaning "trout pool", from Old English truht (“trout”) + steall (“fishing ground”); akin to trout stall. The second element was eventually misanalysed as dale.

Proper noun

Trousdale (plural Trousdales)

  1. A surname.

Derived terms

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Trousdale is the 23618th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1074 individuals. Trousdale is most common among White (90.32%) individuals.
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