Girton
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Girten
Etymology
From Old English grēot (“gravel”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Girton (countable and uncountable, plural Girtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4262).
- A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8266).
- (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Girton College, Cambridge..
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Girton is the 16926th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1681 individuals. Girton is most common among White (85.78%) and Black/African American (10.95%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Girton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47.