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Elton¹

  • /ˈɛltən/

Rhymes with -ɛltən

Where it comes from

From a number of sources, including:

# For the places in Cheshire, County Durham, and Derbyshire, England: from Old English ēl (“eel”) + tūn (“farm, village”) since the village is situated above a small stream. Less likely, from Old English personal name Ella + tūn.

# For the place in Cambridgeshire, England: from Middle English Adelintune, from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“estate”).

# For the place in Gloucestershire, England: from Middle English Elwinton, from Old English personal name Ælfwine + tūn (“estate”).

# For the place in Herefordshire, England: from Middle English Elintona, from Old English *æling (“eel fishery”) + tūn (“estate”), in reference to nearby Wigmore Lake.

# For the place in Nottinghamshire, England, see Elton on the Hill.

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Old English.
  2. A surname from Old English.
  3. A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
  4. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, on the boundary with Northamptonshire (OS grid ref TL0893).
  5. A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4575).
  6. A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4017).
  7. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2260).
  8. A suburb of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7910).
  9. A village and civil parish in north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4570).
  10. A town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.
  11. A ghost town in Custer County, Nebraska.
  12. An unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  13. An unincorporated community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
  14. An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia.
  15. An unincorporated community in Langlade County, Wisconsin.

Elton²

Where it comes from

Transliteration of Russian Эльтон (Elʹton) of disputed origin.

proper noun

  1. A lake in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, close to Kazakhstan border

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tuna, alton, elvin, elvis, elmer, edward, elbert, elino, elgan, english, almer, edwin, easton, eilon, eloi, edith

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name male given name

中文埃爾頓 /埃尔顿 Āi'ěrdùn
РусскийЭ́лтон Élton

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"Elton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/elton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{elton_2026,
  title = {Elton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}