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English name derived from the surname which originated in the Middle Ages as a local name from any of numerous places in England so called: [1]
1) 'Ella's town' - Combination of Ella (which was a male name at that time, see ELL) and TUN [1] [2] [3]
2) 'Farmstead where eels are got' - Combination of Old English ǣl = 'eel' and TUN [2]
3) 'Farmstead of the princes' - Combination of Old English ætheling = 'prince' and TUN [2]
4) 'Farmstead of Æthel' - Combination of ADAL and TUN [2]
Ellton | ♂ |
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Elton | ♂ |
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Eltona | ♀ |
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- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Elton |
Genitive: | Eltons |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Elton |
Genitive: | Eltonin |
Partitive: | Eltonia |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Elton |
Genitive: | Eltons |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Elton |
Genitive: | Eltons |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[5] |
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3427 | 3824 | 2 | 6 | 3425 | 3818 |
Denmark[6] |
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203 | n.a. |
1 | n.a. |
202 | n.a. |
Finland[7] |
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n.a. |
182 | 0 | 0 | n.a. |
182 |
Iceland[8] |
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3 | 3 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[9] |
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56 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
56 | n.a. |
Greenland[10] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Sources: [11]