Cayton

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0583). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Cǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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