Morton
English
"town near the moor"
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Morton Origin and Meaning
The name Morton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "town near the moor".
An English family name used a few generations ago as an Anglicization of Moses, but hardly heard since th 1950s.
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- Famous People Named Morton
- The name Morton in Pop Culture
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Morton Rank in US Top 1000
Famous People Named Morton
- Morton FeldmanAmerican composer
- Morton GouldAmerican composer
- Morton SubotnickAmerican composer
- Morton StevensAmerican film composer
- Morton Dean (Dubitsky)American TV journalist
- (Sean) Morton Downey Jr.American musician and TV talk,show host
- Morton MowerAmerican cardiologist and inventor
- Morton KondrackeAmerican political commentator and journalist
- Morton Howardson of comic actor Shemp Howard from "The Three Stooges"
The name Morton in Pop Culture
- Morton Schmidtcharacter in movie "21 Jump Street"
- Mortonbrand of salt
- Morton's neuromacondition involving the nerves between the toes
- Mortonan old turtle in "Toad Patrol"