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Elton

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

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]

Related Names

Ellton ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish
Elton ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Eltona ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Elton
Genitive: Eltons
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Elton
Genitive: Eltonin
Partitive: Eltonia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Elton
Genitive: Eltons
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Elton
Genitive: Eltons

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[5]
3427 3824 2 6 3425 3818
Denmark Denmark[6]
203
n.a.
 1
n.a.
 202
n.a.
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
 182 0 0
n.a.
 182
Iceland Iceland[8]
3 3
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
56
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 56
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[10]
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.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Elton (m) Sources: [5][6][9][7]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Elton (m) Sources: [11]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A. D. Mills: Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names (2003)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  4. ↑ Riksarkivet, Swedish National Archive, Census of 1890 https://riksarkivet.se/
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  8. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  11. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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