Given name & surname

Gatton

“goat”

Gatton is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Gatton goes back to Old English gāt, meaning “goat.”

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Where it comes from

Gatton comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English gāt (“goat”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Gatton’s family of names

In English usage, Gatton as a surname has a related form in GATTEN.

Walk Gatton’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Similar names

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Old English

Gunton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Girton

“gravel”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Gildon

“golden”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English · Modern

Axton

“stone”

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>99% boys

Old English

Aughton

“oak”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Watton

“settlement”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Garswood

“fir tree”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Allerton

“alder”

No U.S. birth series

90% boys · 10% girls

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