Eaton

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Aton

Etymology

From Old English 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 placename:
   1. A number of places in England:
      1. A village and civil parish north of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8765).
      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 district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5763).
      4. A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929).
      5. A suburb in south-west Norwich, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2006).
      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 Darwin, Northern Territory; named for Charles Eaton, a RAAF officer.
      2. A rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland.
      3. A suburb of Bunbury in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia.
   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 Weld County, Colorado.
      2. A town in Union Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
      3. A township in Eaton County, Michigan.
      4. A township in Kearney County, Nebraska.
      5. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire; named for Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New Haven Colony.
      6. A town in Madison County, New York; named for William Eaton.
      7. A city, the county seat of Preble County, Ohio; named for William Eaton, a commander in the First Barbary War.
      9. A township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
      10. A ghost town in Wood County, West Virginia.
      11. A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
      12. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
      13. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
2. (countable) An English habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Church Eaton
• Eaton and Eccleston
• Eaton Constantine
• Eaton County
• Eaton Ford
• Eatonia
• Eaton Socon
• Eatonton
• Eatontown
• Eaton-under-Heywood
• Eatonville
• Little Eaton
• Long Eaton
• Water Eaton

Anagrams

• Aneto, atone, at one, neato, notea, oaten, Onate