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Names That Mean Town

Updated November 2023

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Brighton
English, place name meaning "bright town"
"bright town"
Brighton has long been known as a holiday resort town on the south coast of England. A cheery unisex name, it was used for his daughter by Jon Favreau, but was a boy on the TV show The Nanny .
Brenton
English
"town near the burnt land"
Name hovering near the bottom of the Top 1000 that may move higher with the fashion for two-syllable surnames. You could do worse...but you probably could also do better.
Keaton
English place and surname
"place of hawks; river town; Káti's town"
A cool, engaging surname, Keaton might feel like a fresh spin on Katelyn, Keeley or Katherine. While it is used ten times more often for boys, 27 girls were still given the name in a recent year.…
Chet
Diminutive of Chester, English
"fortress, walled town"
Chet is an old-fashioned short form of Chester, that like Ned, Mac, Ted, and Wes, it has the potential to sound cool again. Country singer Luke Combs and his wife Nicole, certainly thought so as they…
Elton
English
"from the old town"
Elton is an unassuming, lesser-used place name belonging to several towns in the British Isles, the US and Canada, and even a lake in Russia. The singer Elton John gives it a bit of extra pizzazz.
Lincoln
English
"town by the pool"
Lincoln might be considered one of the quintessential American names , calling to mind the great president who freed enslaved people and is memorialized in Washington. Although better known as a…
Walton
English
"fortified town"
Slightly more modern than Walter, but only just.
Colby
English
"from a coal town"
One of the first reality show-inspired names (he was a Texas hunk on an early season of "Survivor"); hugely trendy for boys but just starting for girls.
Ellington
English place-name and surname
"Ellis' town"
Ellington's popularity may be inspired by jazz great Duke, but the name is used slightly more often for girls today, perhaps because of its trendy El- beginning. Like a host of other El- names, from…
Paxton
English
"peace town"
Set apart from other once-male-only surnames because of its peaceful element. This is one of the newest and trendiest names that mean peace .
Patton
English
"fighter's town"
Patton is an attractive name in the fashionable Haden-Peyton mold, though there is that association with the severe wartime general.
Townsend
English surname
"edge of town"
An English locational surname originally denoting someone who lived at the town's outer limits, Townsend now has a solid, aristocratic air and could make an interesting choice if it's a family name.…
Kelton
English
"town of the keels"
This unusual two-syllable K name relates to shipbuilding.
Kingstyn
Variation of Kingston, English
"king's town"
This interpretation of Kingston is not quite as popular as the other Y-replacement version, Kyngston.
Nahiara
Puerto Rican variation of Naiara, Basque
"town between the rocks"
An additional H is often found in Puerto Rican names, such as Amahia, a variation of Amaia, and Nahiara, a form of the Basque place name Naiara.
Stanton
English
"stony town"
Seems to stand at attention and salute.
Ellington
English place-name and surname
"Ellis's town"
Ellington is a swinging musical name, evoking the jazzy and elegant persona of the Duke (born Edward Kennedy Ellington). While that reference may seem to make Ellington a male name, it is also…
Sinclair
Scottish
"from the town of St. Clair"
The most famous Sinclair was the (male) writer Lewis, but these days the name works at least as well for a girl.
Gates
English surname
"person living near town gates"
Reality TV star Raven Gates gave her on-trend s-ending surname to her son, named Gates Zev. Gates joins an impressive lineup of celebrity babies with similar names, including Hillary Duff's Banks and…
Newton
English
"new town"
Named after Isaac. Or Wayne.

Names That Mean Town

Brighton

Brenton

Keaton

Chet

Elton

Lincoln

Walton

Colby

Ellington

Paxton

Patton

Townsend

Kelton

Kingstyn

Nahiara

Stanton

Ellington

Sinclair

Gates

Newton