Given name & surname · also Old English

Oulton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

Oulton is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Oulton goes back to Old English tūn, meaning “enclosure; settlement, town.”

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Where it comes from

Oulton comes from Old English, and ultimately from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), from Old English eald (“old”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Oulton’s family of names

In English usage, Oulton as a surname has a related form in OUTEN.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

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Old English

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“rye”

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Old Norse

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Old English

Wroughton

“shifty, changeable”

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Old English

Ormiston

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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Old English

Croxton

“nook”

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Old English

Croston

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Old Norse

Mowson

“son-in-law”

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Old Norse

Östen

“luck” · “stone”

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