Monkton Family History
Monkton Name Meaning
from Monkton (Kent Somerset) Moor Monkton and Nun Monkton (WR Yorks) Bishop Monkton (WR Yorks) or any of the numerous other places called Monkton (Devon Dorset Durham Wilts etc.) named with Old English munuc ‘monk’ (genitive plural muneca) + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016