The Wotherspoon Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Arms linked to Witherspoon and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

Many Wotherspoon families will find their roots under Witherspoon, the form most records use. Its meaning, shared with Witherspoon, is “Sheep pasture”.

Wotherspoon writes “o” in place of the “i” found in Witherspoon, a common scribal difference. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Weatherspoon.

Get the complete Wotherspoon report, with a museum-style coat of arms.