Given name & surname

Crompton

“river bend”

Crompton is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Crompton goes back to Old English crumbe, meaning “river bend.”

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Where it comes from

Crompton comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English crumbe (“river bend”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Crompton’s family of names

In English usage, Crompton as a surname has a related form in CRAMPTON. In English usage, Crompton as a surname has a related form in CRUMPTON.

Walk Crompton’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Crompton, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Bampton

“beam, tree”

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“grassland on the bank of a river”

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“river turn” · “belonging to”

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Hazleton

“from the hazel-tree town”

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Yeaton

“river, stream”

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Stubbington

“tree stump”

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Clowney

“water, river”

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Chatburn

“stream, brook, small river”

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Sibling ideas

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