Eaton

Meanings

1. A placename:
2. A number of places in England:
3. A village and civil parish north of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8765).
4. A former civil parish containing Eaton Hall in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, now part of Eaton and Eccleston civil parish (OS grid ref SJ4160).
5. A village in Rushton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5763).
6. A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929).
7. A suburb in south-west Norwich, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2006).
8. A village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7178).
9. A hamlet in Appleton-with-Eaton parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4403).
10. A small village in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4990).
11. A place in Australia:
12. A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory; named for Charles Eaton, a RAAF officer.

Etymology

From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.