Wilton

English

Etymology

From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪltən/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪltən

Proper noun

Wilton (countable and uncountable, plural Wiltons)

1. (uncountable) A number of places in England:
   1. A hamlet in Haile parish, Copeland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0310).
   2. A village in Bridstow parish, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5824).
   3. A small village and civil parish (served by Allerston and Wilton Parish Council) in Ryedale district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE8682).
   4. A small village (and castle) in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ5819).
   5. A suburb of Taunton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST2224).
   6. A town and civil parish with a town council near Salisbury, Wiltshire, famed for the Wilton carpets (OS grid ref SU0931).
      • 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:

        Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.

   7. A village in Grafton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2661).
2. A parish of the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.
3. A suburb of Cork, Ireland.
4. A small town in New South Wales, Australia.
5. A suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.
6. A village in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe.
7. (uncountable) A number of places in the United States:
   1. A small town in Shelby County, Alabama.
   2. A small town in Little River County, Arkansas.
   3. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
   4. A large town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
   5. An unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois.
   6. A city in Cedar County and Muscatine County, Iowa.
   7. A town in Franklin County, Maine.
   8. A small city in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
   9. An unincorporated community in Waseca County, Minnesota.
   10. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
   11. A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
   12. A large town in Saratoga County, New York.
   13. A small city in Burleigh County and McLean County, North Dakota.
   14. A village and town in Monroe County, Wisconsin
8. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Bishop Wilton

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wilton is the 10260^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3141 individuals. Wilton is most common among Wilton (85.86%) individuals.

Noun

Wilton (plural Wiltons)

1. A type of carpet, originally made in the town of Wilton.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wilton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Scots

Etymology

From Early Scots Weltoun, perhaps ultimately from Old English wilġ tūn (“farm by the willows”).

Proper noun

Wilton

1. Wilton (a village in Scotland)