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The surname Hawthorn is an English and Scottish topographic name for someone who lived by a bush or hedge of hawthorn, thorn used for making hedges and enclosures. In Scotland the surname originated in the Durham place name, and from Scotland it was taken to Ireland. This spelling is now found primarily in northern Ireland.
