Leighton

Meanings

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
4. A civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, which includes Leighton Bromswold.
5. A civil parish (served by Leighton, Minshull Vernon and Woolstanwood Parish Council) in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.
6. A hamlet in Healey parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE1679).
7. A village in Leighton and Eaton Constantine parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6105).
8. A hamlet in Wanstrow parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7043).
9. A small village in Forden with Leighton and Trelystan community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2405).
10. A place in the United States:
11. A town in Colbert County, Alabama.
12. A minor city in Mahaska County, Iowa.

Etymology

Various place names in England, Old English leac (“leek”) + tun (“settlement”), also in the sense of a herb garden.