My surname is WALTON
I was wondering if it had a meaning or something.
Thanks in advance!
2007-12-27 01:03:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name.
Walton
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places called Walton. The first element in these names was variously Old English walh ‘foreigner’, ‘Briton’, genitive plural wala (see Wallace), w(e)ald ‘forest’, w(e)all ‘wall’, or wæll(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford
Hope this helps.
2007-12-27 01:11:47 · answer #1 · answered by itsjustme 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Svoboda Czech: from a noun literally meaning ‘freedom’. This was a technical term in the feudal system for a freeman, i.e. a peasant farmer as opposed to a serf.
2016-04-11 02:56:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walton
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places called Walton. The first element in these names was variously Old English walh ‘"foreigner"’, ‘"Briton’", genitive plural wala (see Wallace), w(e)ald ‘"forest"’, w(e)all ‘"wall"’, or
waell(a)‘"spring"’, ‘"stream"’.
2007-12-27 11:52:40 · answer #3 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it may have been 'the Wall Town'. Who knows, it might be that your people came from an area near Hadrans Wall in scottland.
Many British last names relate either to what the person did, where they came from, or whose son they were.
2007-12-27 02:07:14 · answer #4 · answered by Fancy That 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Walton
Usage: English
Extra: Statistics
The name of several villages in England, from the Old English wald "wood" and ton "town". "
2007-12-27 01:09:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
wood town
2007-12-27 01:19:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your last name.
2007-12-27 01:09:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
http://www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/origin/w/walton.php
hope this helps
2007-12-27 01:08:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋