The sinton Surname
sinton Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name from a place near Selkirk, also spelled
Synton. In the 12th and 13th centuries it is recorded several times as
Sintun, from an unexplained first element + Old English
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. In the British Isles, the
surname is now found mainly in northern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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