Westrope Family History
Westrope Name Meaning
English (London and Essex): habitational name from a metathesized form of Westhorp surviving in placenames such as Westrop in Highworth (Wiltshire) Westrip in Cherington (Gloucestershire) and a lost place called Westropps in Gestingthorpe (Essex) each of which is named with Old English west or Old Norse vestr ‘west western’ + Old English throp or Old Norse thorp ‘hamlet outlying farmstead’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022