Surname

Wotton

“wood”

Wotton is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Wotton goes back to Old English wudu, meaning “wood.”

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Where it comes from

Wotton comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English wudu (“wood”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Wolston

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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Old English

Watton

“settlement”

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Old English

Woolverton

“wolf” · “army”

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Old English

Wigton

“earwig” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

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Old English

Wormington

“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement”

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Old English

Owston

“east”

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Old English

Wroughton

“shifty, changeable”

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Old Norse

Oulton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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