Papworth Family History
Papworth Name Meaning
English (Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire): habitational name from Papworth Saint Agnes or Papworth Everard (Cambridgeshire) recorded as Pappeworda and Papeworth in 1086. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Pap(p)a + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022