English Explanatory Dictionary

Cayton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0583).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Cayton Caytons

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Cǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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