Elton

Meanings

1. A male given name from Old English.
2. A surname from Old English.
3. A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
4. Several places in England:
5. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, on the boundary with Northamptonshire (OS grid ref TL0893).
6. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4575).
7. A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4017).
8. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2260).
9. A suburb of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7910).
10. A village and civil parish in north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4570).
11. Several places in the United States:
12. A town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.

1. A lake in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, close to Kazakhstan border

Etymology

From a number of sources, including: # For the places in Cheshire, County Durham, and Derbyshire, England: from Old English ēl (“eel”) + tūn (“farm, village”) since the village is situated above a small stream. Less likely, from Old English personal name Ella + tūn. # For the place in Cambridgeshire, England: from Middle English Adelintune, from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“estate”). # For the place in Gloucestershire, England: from Middle English Elwinton, from Old English personal name Ælfwine + tūn (“estate”). # For the place in Herefordshire, England: from Middle English Elintona, from Old English *æling (“eel fishery”) + tūn (“estate”), in reference to nearby Wigmore Lake. # For the place in Nottinghamshire, England, see Elton on the Hill.