Shorton Family History
Shorton Name Meaning
from Shorton in Paignton (Devon) which is recorded as Shiraton in 1567 and perhaps from one or more unidentified places. The Devon place-name may derive from Old English scīr ‘bright gleaming’ + dūn ‘hill’ but this cannot be certain due to a lack of medieval forms.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016