Stanton (surname)


Stanton is an English toponymic surname.

Etymology and history

The name Stanton is derived from Old English term "stan" "stone" and "tun" "enclosure" or "settlement". Many places took on the name Stanton, like Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire, and Stanton Drew in Somerset, close to the Neolithic Stanton Drew stone circles.
Many variants of the spellings Stanton, Stainton, Stinton or Staunton, are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 AD, and the surname can be found in England, Scotland, Ireland and their diaspora, which includes America.
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