Dalton

Meanings

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. John Dalton, English chemist.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland:
5. A hamlet in Burton-in-Kendal parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD5476).
6. A hamlet and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England, north of Skelmersdale (OS grid ref SD4908).
7. A hamlet in Hexhamshire parish, south of Hexham, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9158).
8. A hamlet in Stamfordham parish, west of Ponteland, Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ1172)
9. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE4376).
10. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ1108).
11. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4594).
12. An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1617).

1. a former unit of atomic mass equivalent to 1/16 the mass of an oxygen atom; now replaced by the atomic mass unit (or dalton)

1. the atomic mass unit

Etymology

From Old English dæl (“valley”) + tun (“settlement”). Equivalent to dale + town.