Eaton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning river settlement; from eau and tun.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Eaton by the numbers
Eaton was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eaton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eastoneast-facing place; eastern settlement5,536 in the US (2017)
- Easonson of Ed; a respelling of Edson224 in the US (2017)
- Eamonwealthy protector; Irish form of Edmund182 in the US (2017)
- Eltonold town or settlement of the eels12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Estoneast settlement or eastern town15 in the US (2017)
- Eastyneastern settlement; a modern respelling of Easton121 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Eaton
Names that are said the same way as Eaton, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a river
Like Eaton, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Clydefrom the river Clyde344 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Eaton
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