Repton

From Old English Hreopadūn.

Repton (countable and uncountable, plural Reptons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3026). ^[1]
      • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 332, photo caption:

        A sense of timelessness prevails in the little Derbyshire village of Repton, which was once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Mercia.

   2. A town in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.
   3. A town in northern New South Wales, Australia.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Repton is the 13495^th most common surname in England, belonging to 403 individuals.

• Survey of English Place-Names

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Repton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

• pteron