Wootton
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English wudu (“wood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Wootton (countable and uncountable, plural Woottons)
- (uncountable) Any of numerous villages in England:
- A village and civil parish in Bedford, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0045). [1]
- A hamlet in New Milton parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ2398).
- A village in Wootton Bridge parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5392).
- A village in Denton with Wootton parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2246).
- A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA0816). [2]
- A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4701). [3]
- A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4319). [4]
- A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1045). [5]
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wootton is the 13616th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2225 individuals. Wootton is most common among White (92.04%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wootton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.