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FROST

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There are approximately 35,270 people named Frost in the UK. That makes it the 257th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 558 are named Frost.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

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The Frost surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

FROST. Frost is the name of a dwarf in the Scandinavian mythology, and our nursery hero, "Jack Frost," as Mr. Ferguson suggests, may be derived from that source. One Alwin Forst was a tenant in CO. Hants before Domesd., aud his name by a slight and common transposition would become Frost. The H.R. have many Frosts without prefix.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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