Names That Mean Settlement
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Newbury
English
"new borough, new settlement"
A name only a bully could love.
Pendleton
English
"overhanging settlement"
Pembroke's brother.
Ralston
English
"Ralph's settlement"
Down-to-earth surname name with a drawl, also associated with cereal and dog food.
Royston
English
"settlement of Royce"
To honor Roy's son...or grandson.
Templeton
English
"temple settlement"
Butler name, and also that of the rat in Charlotte's Web .
Lleyton
Variation of Leighton, English
"meadow settlement"
Lleyton is the novel spelling publicized by Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt. Other double 'L's are found in such Welsh names as Lloyd and Llewellyn. More popular forms of the name include…
Mitt
Nickname for Milton
"settlement with a mill"
If you'd like to name your baby after Gov. Romney, Mitt isn't it: his birth name is Willard. Mitt is an inherited nickname from Milton Romney, a favorite cousin of his father's who was a Chicago…
Vigo
Italian surname
"settlement"
Vigo is both an Italian and Spanish surname and a Scandinavian first name. As a place name, it's found in Spain, Italy, England – and Indiana. Vigo the Carpathian is the fictional villain of…
Everton
English place name
"wild boar settlement"
This geographical name, which belongs to an English Premier League football club, is popular in soccer-mad Brazil.
Warwick
English
"settlement by the weir"
Pronounced the same way as Warrick, Warwick is the name of an historic university town on the River Avon in England. The name is attached to several notable historical figures, both real and…
Shipton
English place name
"sheep settlement"
A jaunty nautical-sounding name.
Dalby
English
"valley settlement or from Auby"
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…
Delby
English
"valley settlement or from Auby"
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,…
Knowlton
English surname
"the settlement by the hilltop"
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. The place…
Drayton
English surname
"portage 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.
Layton
Old English
"settlement with a leek garden"
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 .
Everston
English surname
"wild boar settlement"
Ever- names are currently red-hot, but surname-style Everston is still waiting to be discovered.
Quimby
Variation of Quenby, English
"queen's settlement"
Virtually never heard in this country, with a quirky quality.
Quinby
Norse
"queen's settlement"
Love Quinn but find it too popular? Quinby is a rare spin on names in the Quinn and Quincy constellation, familiar as a surname and a fresh nonbinary choice.
Felton
English
"field settlement"
An English place name and surname that was in the Top 1000 for most of the early 20th century. Like Halston and Afton, it has a modern-sounding, understated style. In British history, John Felton was…