The branton Surname
branton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from places called Branton in South
Yorkshire (formerly in West Yorkshire) and Northumberland or from
Braunton in Devon. The first and last are named with Old English
brom ‘broom’ + tun ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’. The
second is from an Old English word bremen ‘overgrown with
broom’ + tun ‘farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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