Blythe Family History
- Blythe Name Meaning
- nickname for a cheerful person, from Old English bliðe ‘merry’, ‘cheerful’. habitational name from any of several places called Blyth or Blythe, especially Blyth in Northumberland, named for the rivers on which they stand. The river name is from Old English bliðe ‘gentle’, ‘pleasant’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
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Number of Blythe families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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16 - 29 6 - 15 |
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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