2007-12-21 00:50:49 · 3 answers · asked by marie b 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Primarily english in origin and refers to either
1) Someone who had some strangeness or deformity with their foot or
2) Someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Identified as a variant of "foote".
There are some other probable origins but other than the region, the original meanings seem to be the same.
2007-12-21 00:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by Mind Bender 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Foot is a variant spelling of FOOTE, which means a
nickname for someone with a peculiarity or deformity of the foot, from Middle English fot (Old English fot), or in some cases from the cognate Old Norse byname Fotr.
topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill
2007-12-22 21:34:51 · answer #2 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gentleman above me nailed it. Just a note, based on my Wilken grandfather, whose family I have found under Wilken, Wilkin, Wilkens and Wilkins - if you start looking for your ancestors, look for them under both spellings.
2007-12-21 12:54:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋