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English
English : variant spelling of Morton 1.French : nickname from a double diminutive of More 2.Spanish (Moretón) : from moretón ‘brown’, ‘tanned’ (of skin).
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the many places called Mor(e)ton, named in Old English as ‘settlement (tÅ«n) by or on a marsh or moor (mÅr)’.Swedish : variant of Martin.French : contracted form of Moreton 2.Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames or of various other non-English names bearing some kind of similarity to it.The name Morton was established early in North America. George Morton (1585–1624), one of the Pilgrims, was probably born in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England. He and his son Nathaniel (b. 1613 in Leiden, the Netherlands) settled in Plymouth in 1623.
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English : from Old French pafard ‘shield’, hence a Norman nickname for a fighting man or metonymic occupational name for an armorer.English : Pafford in Moretonhampstead or Parford in Drewsteignton, both named from Old English pæð ‘path’ + ford ‘ford’.
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : habitational name from any of three places so named. Hingston, Cornwall and Hingston Down in Moretonhampstead, Devon are both named from the Old English byname Hengest (or from Old English hengest ‘stallion’) + Old English dÅ«n ‘hill’, while Hingston in Bigbury, Devon is named from Old English hind ‘hind’ + stÄn ‘stone’.
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English : habitational name from Linscott in Moretonhampstead or Limscott in Bradworthy, both in Devon and so named from the Old English personal name Lēofwine + Old English cot ‘cottage’.
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