Surname · also Middle English

Darlaston

Darlaston is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Darlaston comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English Derleston, from Old English Dēorlāf.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Darlaston’s family of names

In English usage, Darlaston as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Dalston.

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Old English

Dorrington

“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English

Dunnington

“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Dumbleton

“shady hollow”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Dennington

“Dane” · “gift”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Alveston

“stone”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Allerton

“alder”

No U.S. birth series

90% boys · 10% girls

Old English

Dufton

“dove”

No U.S. birth series

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Middle English

Allington

“belonging to” · “homestead”

No U.S. birth series

93% boys · 7% girls

Sibling ideas

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