Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (West Midlands) : nickname from Middle English trowthe, trouthe ‘good faith’, ‘loyalty’. By my troth was a common phrase emphasizing the veracity of an assertion, and the nickname may have been bestowed on someone who used it habitually or to excess.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe