DUTTON
Dutton is an English locational surname derived from the Old English words dūn “hill” and tūn “settlement”. It denotes a person who lived in or near a hill settlement. The name is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086: the settlement in Cheshire is listed as Duntune and the settlement in Lancashire appears as Dotona in 1102. Both spellings share a common etymology, tracing back to the pre-7th Century personal name Dudd(a) combined with tun, meaning “Dudda’s settlement”. The Dutton family in Cheshire has been established since the 11th Century; the earliest known member is Odard de Dutton, whose entry appears in the 1086 Domesday Book under King William the Conqueror’s reign.
During the late Middle Ages the family held the manor of Dutton. One notable lord was Hugh de Dutton, who held the title during the reign of Henry the Eleventh (1154–1189). Over subsequent centuries the surname spread throughout England and entered the wider social fabric of Britain. Marital records from the 16th and 17th Centuries illustrate this continuity. The marriage of Thomas Dutton to Judith Jennings was recorded in London in 1579, and the union of Edmund Dutton with Alice Teeller was officially recorded on 2 February 1643 at Warrington. These documents evidence the persistence of the name and its integration across distinct regions of the United Kingdom.
Typical given names associated with the Dutton surname
Male
- Andrew
- Christopher
- David
- James
- John
- Mark
- Michael
- Paul
- Peter
- Stephen
Female
- Elizabeth
- Helen
- Joan
- Julie
- Karen
- Margaret
- Nicola
- Patricia
- Sarah
- Susan
Similar and related surnames
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There are approximately 12,309 people named Dutton in the UK. That makes it the 733rd most common surname in Britain. Around 189 in a million people in Britain are named Dutton.
Surname type: Location or geographical feature
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English
Famous people named Dutton
- Major General John Dutton - Airborne officer (1912 to 1993)
- Edward Dutton - Anthropologist
- James Dutton - Former Governor of Gibraltar and a Royal Marines officer
- Dave Dutton - Actor
- Brian Dutton - Football player
- Charles Dutton, 7th Baron Sherborne - Baron (1911 to 1983)
- Paul Dutton - Cricketer
- Henry Dutton - Cricketer (1847 to 1935)
- Anthony Dutton - Cricket player
- James Dutton, 6th Baron Sherborne - Baron (1873 to 1949)
- Simon Dutton - Cricketer
- Ronald Dutton - Cricketer (1902 to 1999)
- Brian Dutton - Royal Navy bomb-disposal officer (1931 to 2018)
Names and descriptions courtesy of Wikipedia, and may contain errors. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of every famous person with this name.