Given name & surname
Newton
“from the new town”
Newton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the new town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the new town.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Middle English Neweton, from Old English nēowa.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Newton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,182
- 8,177 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 208 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,059 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,059 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 208 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,324 as a first name in 2020; 71,351 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Newton’s family of names
In English usage, Newton shares a linguistic root with the Italian form NAPOLI. Newton has a related form in Newt. Newton has a related form in Neuton.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Newton has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Newton
- Newton D. BakerAmerican politician (1871–1937)
- Newton Thomas SigelAmerican cinematographerborn 1955
- Newton BoothGovernor of California (1825-1892)
- Newton AduakaNigerian filmmaker (born 1966)
- Newton C. BlanchardAmerican politician (1849-1922)
- Newton FaulknerEnglish singer-songwriterborn 1985
- Paul DanielsMagician and TV Personality (1938–2016)
- Newton KnightAmerican Civil War guerilla1829–1922
- Newton W. GilbertAmerican politician (1862–1939)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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