English: habitational name from any of the places so called, as for
example Litton Cheney in Dorset (named from Old English
hl¯de ‘torrent’ (from hlud ‘loud’, ‘roaring’) +
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’), or Litton in Somerset (from
Old English hlid ‘slope’ or ‘gate’ + tun), Derbyshire
and North Yorkshire (both probably from Old English hlið
‘slope’ + tun).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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