The caton Surname
caton Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from either of two places called Caton, in Derbyshire and Lancashire. The former is probably named with the Old English personal name or byname Cada (see Cade) + Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the latter is from the Old Norse byname Káti (see Cates) + tun.
- English and French: from a pet form of Catlin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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