Clutton
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English
Etymology
From Old English clūdiġ (“rocky, stony”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Clutton (countable and uncountable, plural Cluttons)
- A village and civil parish (served by Coddington and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4654).
- A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6259).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Clutton is the 7623rd most common surname in England, belonging to 849 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Clutton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 347.