Fulton

Meanings

1. An English habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A town in Clarke County, Alabama.
5. A town in Hempstead County, Arkansas; named for Robert Fulton.
6. A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California; named for founders Thomas and James Fulton.
7. A city in Whiteside County, Illinois; named for Robert Fulton.
8. A town in Fulton County, Indiana; named for its county, itself named for Robert Fulton.
9. A minor city in Bourbon County, Kansas; named for the city in Illinois.
10. A city in Fulton County, Kentucky; named for its county, itself named for Robert Fulton.
11. A census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland; named for Charles C. Fulton, editor of The Baltimore Sun.
12. An unincorporated community in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

Etymology

From Foulden, a village in Norfolk, from Old English fuġol (“bird”) + tūn (“dwelling”).