Given name & surname · also Old Norse
Wroughton
“shifty, changeable”
Wroughton is a surname, possibly from Old Norse (ultimately Old English).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wroughton possibly goes back to Old Norse hverfr, meaning “shifty, changeable.”
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Where it comes from
Wroughton possibly comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Old English.
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How it developed
Possibly from Old Norse hverfr (“shifty, changeable”), from Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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Similar names
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“ridge”
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Wotton
“wood”
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Wolston
“enclosure; settlement, town”
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Oulton
“enclosure; settlement, town”
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Owston
“east”
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Roughton
“rye”
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Wormington
“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement”
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Ormiston
“enclosure; settlement, town”
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