Manton

Meanings

1. A placename:
2. A locality in the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
3. An outer rural locality and suburb of Darwin, in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
4. A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9302).
5. A former mining village, a suburb southeast of the town of Worksop, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5978).
6. A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8804).
7. A village and suburb of the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1768).
8. A census-designated place in Tehama County and Shasta County, California, United States.
9. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky, United States.
10. A city in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
11. A neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
12. A habitational surname.

1. A shawl or wrap.

Etymology

Various origins: * In general, from Old English ġemǣne (“common, shared”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). * In the case of the village in Lincolnshire, from Old English mealm (“sand, chalk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). * The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Manntáin (“descendant of Manntán”), a nickname derived from a diminutive of mantach (“toothless”).