Names That Mean Settlement

Down-to-earth surname name with a drawl, also associated with cereal and dog food.

Do you really want to name your baby after a hotel? Or a famous-for-being-famous starlet?

Ever- names are currently red-hot, but surname-style Everston is still waiting to be discovered.

If Hunter just isn't full enough for you, place name Huntington might be a better option.

Knowlton is a habitational surname, indicating one's ancestors lived in Knowlton, England. There were two historical English towns called Knowlton, one in Kent and the other in Dorset.

This geographical name, which belongs to an English Premier League football club, is popular in soccer-mad Brazil.

A dignified yet gentle surname name occasionally heard in England and the West Indies.

Surname and place name with two separate derivations. It can derive from the Norman place name Auby, with d'Auby meaning "from Auby" later Anglicized to Dalby. It can also have Norse roots, meaning "valley settlement".

Unless it was your grandmother's maiden name, and you're using it in the middle place, we don't think so. Could be confused with Hazelden, a leading rehab facility.

Carleton has a great meaning behind it, and should really have more popularity than it has found to date. You can shorten it to Carl or keep it upscale and formal in the longer form. Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk lends the name some sporty credentials, while American artist Carleton Wiggins confirms this name's Victorian earnestness.

Brock plus.

Surname and place name with two separate derivations. It can derive from the Norman place name Auby, with d'Auby meaning "from Auby" later Anglicized to Dalby and Delby. It can also have Norse roots, meaning "valley settlement".

A WASPy surname that fits in with names like Clayton, Layton, and Payton. Drayton peaked in 2012, when it was given to 78 baby boys in the US.

A name only a bully could love.

A jaunty nautical-sounding name.

The most popular variation of this name for baby girls is Leighton, as in Leighton Meester, the actress who introduced her name to the mainstream when she rose to fame on Gossip Girl.

All names ending in ville are in nowheresville.

More user-friendly, though less substantial, than Bartholomew.

To honor Roy's son...or grandson.