Fremantle
English
Etymology
The surname is a variant of Freemantle. The Australian seaport is named after Captain (later Admiral) Charles Howe Fremantle, who pronounced British possession of Western Australia and established a camp at the site of the now port.
Proper noun
Fremantle (countable and uncountable, plural Fremantles)
- An English surname from Old French.
- A major port city and suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
- Synonym: Freo
- A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the City of Fremantle.
Derived terms
Translations
Western Australian port
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Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Fremantle is the 43050th most common surname in England, belonging to 70 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fremantle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 603.