Name Element TUN

Type Word
Usage Anglo-Saxon

Meaning & History

Old English word meaning "enclosure, yard, town" [1].

Related Items

Given Name DescendantsBenton, Burton, Cason, Cayson, Clayton, Clifton, Clinton, Colten, Colton, Dalton, Easton, Houston, Kaison, Kasen, Kason, Kayson, Kolton, Layton, Leighton, Linton, Milton, Newton, Norton, Payton, Peyton, Preston, Thornton, Trenton, Walton, Washington, Weston, Wilton, Winton, Aston, Kynaston, Leyton, Lynton, Tatton, Upton(English) Royston(English (British))
Surname DescendantsAppleton, Aston, Ayton, Barton, Benton, Bolton, Burton, Cason, Clayton, Clifton, Clinton, Colton, Dalton, Easton, Eaton, Eccleston, Ecclestone, Hambleton, Hampton, Hilton, Horton, Kynaston, Layton, Leighton, Leyton, Linton, Lynton, Milton, Newton, Norton, Payton, Peyton, Preston, Royceston, Royston, Stanton, Sutton, Tatton, Thornton, Townsend, Upton, Walton, Washington, Weston, Wilton, Winton, Wootton(English) Houston, Johnston(Scottish)
Place Name DescendantsAppleton, Aston, Ayton, Benton, Burton, Cawston, Colton, Eaton, Glympton, Houston, Kynaston, Layton, Leighton, Linton, Peyton, Royston, Tatton, Thornton, Trenton, Upton, Washington, Weston, Wilton, Winton(English) Houston(Scottish)

Sources & References

  1. Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 1018, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.

Entry updated February 4, 2020