Easton

Easton meaning

Easton is an international boy's name of English origin (Old English place name).

East farm or settlement: ēast "east" + tūn "farm, village"

Also used to mean: east town, from the east town

Easton is an English place name found in many counties, which became a surname and then an American first name. It is built from two Old English words: ēast, "east", and tūn, which Bosworth-Toller's Anglo-Saxon dictionary explains as an enclosed piece of land, a farm or estate, and later a village or town, the source of modern town. So Easton was "the eastern farm" or "the settlement to the east" of a larger place. The same tūn ending appears in Colton and many other names. For Indian parents it is easy to say, and the link with the east and sunrise may appeal to some families.

Source: Bosworth-Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898, with Supplement 1921), s.v. tún · entry tún · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Bosworth-Toller, tún · Online Etymology Dictionary, east

Popularity abroad

• #110 United States, boys 2025 (down 7 from 103 in 2024)
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Spellings

Easton · Eastin

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