Names That Mean Settlement

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 Bears quarterback in the 1920's.
 The Romney unusual nickname tradition continues with Mitt's son Tagg, born Taggart-- offering serious competition to the Palin family.

Mitt

In Wuthering Heights, Cathy's milquetoast husband; Heath is so much more appealing. 

Linton

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 fictional. Richard Neville,
16th Earl of Warwick, was an immensely powerful 15th-century English nobleman and military
commander, who has been dubbed "Warwick the Kingmaker" because of the key role he played in
the Wars of the Roses. And Guy of Warwick is a popular hero of English medieval and early
modern romances, a valiant knight who becomes a hermit after repenting of his violent past. 
A famous modern-day bearer is the English actor, director and writer Warwick Davis.