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Dutton

Where it comes from

The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Duttons

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ575767).
  2. countable, uncountable A civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD662368).
  3. countable, uncountable A settlement in Mid Murray council area and Goyder council area, South Australia.
  4. countable, uncountable A community in Dutton/Dunwich municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States.
  6. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Pike County, Illinois, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable A town in Teton County, Montana, United States.
  8. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.
  9. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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Closest in meaning: douglas, nal, moniker, cognomen, byname, surname, appellation, designation, label, epithet, eponym, identifier, handle, sobriquet, nickname, title

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"Dutton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dutton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Dutton. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dutton

Chicago

"Dutton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dutton.

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@misc{dutton_2026,
  title = {Dutton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dutton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}