Eaton

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Aton

Etymology

From Old English Eatun (literally “homestead by a river or on an island”), from ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːtən/
• Homophones: eaten, Eton

Proper noun

Eaton (countable and uncountable, plural Eatons)

1. A surname
2. A placename
   1. A number of places in England:
      1. A village in Cheshire East district, Cheshire.
      2. A former civil parish containing Eaton Hall in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, now part of Eaton and Eccleston civil parish (OS grid ref SJ4160).
      3. A village in Rushton parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5763).
      4. A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929).
      5. A village in Norfolk, a suburb of Norwich, England.
      6. A village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7178).
      7. A hamlet in Appleton-with-Eaton parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4403).
      8. A small village in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4990).
   2. A place in Australia
      1. A suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia.
      2. A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory; named for Charles Eaton, a RAAF officer.
   3. A locality in Canada
      1. Former name of Eatonia. A town in Chesterfield, Saskatchewan; named in honour of Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and mail-order catalogue service.
   4. A locality in the United States:
      1. A town in Indiana.
      2. A town in New Hampshire; named for Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New Haven Colony.
      3. A town in New York; named for William Eaton.
      4. A city, the county seat of Preble County, Ohio; named for William Eaton, a commander in the First Barbary War.
      5. A statutory town in Oklahoma.
      6. A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
      7. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
      8. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
3. (countable) An English habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Eaton County
• Eaton Ford
• Eatonia
• Eaton Socon
• Eatonton
• Eatontown
• Eaton-under-Heywood
• Eatonville
• Little Eaton
• Long Eaton

 

Anagrams

• Onate, at one, atone, neato, oaten