Given name & surname
Naughton
“one who is pure; chaste”
Naughton is a variant of Nachton. One Scottish interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Naughton is a variant of Nachton. One Scottish interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Naughton is a variant of Nachton. An origin associated with Nachton is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old English tūn (“town, village”), from Old Norse Nagli, from Old Irish áth (“ford”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Naughton’s family of names
Naughton has a related form in Nachton. Naughton is an English adaptation of Neachdann.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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