Given name & surname

Girton

“gravel”

Girton is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Girton goes back to Old English grēot, meaning “gravel.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Girton comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English grēot (“gravel”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Girton’s family of names

In English usage, Girton as a surname has a related form in GIRTEN.

Walk Girton’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Girton, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Gildon

“golden”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English

Gatton

“goat”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Gunton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Fitton

“grassland on the bank of a river”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Bilton

“henbane”

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

Old English

Wigton

“earwig” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Picton

“point, peak, pinnacle” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Turton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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