Canteloup meaning | Last name Canteloup origin

The Canteloup is the variant of Cantalupe. This ancient Norman family, renowned for having produced a Saint (Thomas C., bishop of Hereford 1275) was seated in early times at Hempston Cantilupe, county of Devon. The heiress married Sir Thomas de West, ancestor of the Earl de le Warr, whose second title is Viscount Cantalupe. There are several places in Normandy called Canteloup, Canteleu, etc., but from which of them the surname is derived is not positively certain, though M. de Gerville says, it is the parish of Chante loup, in the canton of Brehal, in Lower Normandy. The surname has been spelt in a variety of modes, as Cantelo, Cantelou, Cantelhope, Canteloy, Chantelo, Cantalupe, Cantelupe, Cantilupe, Cantulupe, etc.