Given name & surname
Eaton
“from the island village”
Eaton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the island village.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the island village.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eaton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 113
- 113 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −81%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 336 as a first name in 2020; 44,833 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eaton’s family of names
In English usage, Eaton as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Eton. Eaton has a related form in Eataun. Eaton has a related form in Eton.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Etonvariant · English
- Atonvariant · English
- Eataunvariant
- Eatawnvariant
- Etaunvariant
- Etawnvariant
- Eytunvariant
- Etunvariant
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People named Eaton
- Eaton HodgkinsonBritish engineer1789–1861
- Eaton J. BowersAmerican politician (1865-1939)
- Eaton Stannard BarrettIrish writer, author of Little Hydrogen1786–1820
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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