Given name & surname · also Middle English
Fitton
“grassland on the bank of a river”
Fitton is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fitton goes back to Old Norse fit, meaning “grassland on the bank of a river.”
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Where it comes from
Fitton comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
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How it developed
From Middle English fiton, from Old Norse fit (“grassland on the bank of a river”), from Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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Fitton’s family of names
In Greek usage, Fitton as a surname is a transliteration of Φίττον.
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