Given name & surname

Taunton

Taunton is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Taunton comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English Tantūn.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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

Old English

Turton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Aughton

“oak”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Torrington

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

80% boys · 20% girls

Old English · Modern

Axton

“stone”

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>99% boys

Old English

Yarnton

“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Bainton

“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

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

Brunton

“stream”

No U.S. birth series

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