Given name & surname

Foxton

“fox”·“enclosure; settlement, town”

Foxton is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Foxton is built from elements meaning “fox” and “enclosure; settlement, town”.

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Where it comes from

Foxton comes from Old English.

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How it developed

From Old English fox.

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Similar names

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Old English · Nature

Fitton

“grassland on the bank of a river”

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Old English

Flockton

“group, division, troop”

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Old English

Owston

“east”

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Old English

Findon

“coarse grass”

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Old Norse

Oulton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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Old English

Foxley

“wood, clearing”

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Old English

Croxton

“nook”

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Old English

Fossey

“foot”

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