Barton

See also: barton, Bartoń, and Bartoň

English

Etymology

From Old English bere (barley) + Old English tūn (enclosure).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən

Proper noun

Barton

  1. Any of many places in England:
    1. A hamlet in Barton and Pooley Bridge parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY4826).
    2. A hamlet in Temple Guiting parish, Cotswold district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SP1025).
    3. A village in Preston, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5137).
  2. Any of many places named after the English places, or after persons with the surname, including:
    1. An unincorporated community in Amador County, California.
    2. A ghost town and community in Fresno County, California.
    3. A town in Maryland.
    4. An unincorporated community in Deuel County, Nebraska, derived from the surname.
    5. A town in Tioga County, New York.
    6. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
    7. An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.
    8. A town, village, and river in Vermont.
    9. A town in Wisconsin.
    10. A community in Nova Scotia.
  3. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English from the places in England.
  5. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • 2016 July 11, Julian Zelizer, “The vice presidency is no longer a joke”, in CNN[1]:
      As Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman showed in his brilliant biography, Cheney deployed his masterful knowledge of policymaking to exert influence at all levels of government.

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Polish

Etymology

Clipping of Bartłomiej + -on.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbar.tɔn/
  • Rhymes: -artɔn
  • Syllabification: Bar‧ton
  • Homophone: barton

Proper noun

Barton m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Barton f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Further reading

  • Barton”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022