Morton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning village on the moor.
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no recent records
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Morton by the numbers
Its American peak was 482 babies in 1923, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Morton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Martontown by the lake; a form of Merton5 in the US (2017)
- Mertonsettlement by a lake; traditionally masculine but used as feminine
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Martinof mars; warlike1,276 in the US (2017)
- Maxtongreatest stone; a form of Maxon374 in the US (2017)
- Marlonlittle hammer; a form of Marlon290 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Morton, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Morton
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