Dutton
[ˈdʌtən]Meaning
English, from Old English place names: "hill settlement" or "Dudda's settlement"
Background Story
Dutton is an English surname and given name taken from a place name in England. One of those place names is formed from Old English dūn, "hill", and tūn, "enclosure, settlement, town", giving a hill settlement or hill town. Another is formed from the Old English personal name Dudda and tūn; Dudda is described as a nickname that might have been given to a fat man. A user-submitted entry also records Dutton as a rare modern English given name for boys.
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