Given name & surname
Tanton
“from the town near the quiet river”
Tanton is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the town near the quiet river.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the town near the quiet river.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
Tanton’s family of names
Tanton has a related form in Tamtan. Tanton has a related form in Tamten. Tanton has a related form in Tamtin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tamtinvariant
- Tamtynvariant
- Tamtanvariant
- Tamtenvariant
- Tamtonvariant
- Tamtunvariant
- Tantynvariant
- Tantinvariant
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