Join free

Whitton

English · Français

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Whitton

  • /ˈwɪtən/ UK

Where it comes from

Ultimately from the Old English personal name Hwīta, a byname from hwīt (“white”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Whittons

  1. countable, uncountable A suburb of Twickenham in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1473).
  2. countable, uncountable A northern suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1447).
  3. countable, uncountable A small civil parish (served by Claydon and Whitton Parish Council) in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, north of the suburb in Ipswich.
  4. countable, uncountable A village in Stillington and Whitton parish, Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3822).
  5. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4174).
  6. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9024).
  7. countable, uncountable A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5772).
  8. countable, uncountable A small village and community south of Knighton, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2767).
  9. countable, uncountable A locality in the Griffith council area and the Leeton council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
  10. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"Whitton." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/whitton. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{whitton_2026,
  title = {Whitton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whitton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}