Rutherford

See also: rutherford

English

Etymology

From Old English hryþer (“cattle”) + ford (“ford”). The first element is from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrʌðərfərd/
  • Audio (General American):(file)

Proper noun

Rutherford

  1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old English from a place where there was once a settlement in the Scottish borders.
    • 2021 August 18, Rebecca Cairns, “This teenage aviator hopes to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world”, in CNN‎[1]:
      One of the things making the trip possible is Rutherford’s microlight aircraft. Microlights are small one or two-seat planes used for leisure or personal transport. If she completes her trip, Rutherford will also claim the record for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo in a microlight aircraft.
  2. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A suburb of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A neighbourhood in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A census-designated place in Napa County, California.
    2. A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
    3. A census-designated place in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
    4. An unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia.
    5. An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.

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