Wolton Family History
Wolton Name Meaning
from Woolton Farm (Kent) which is recorded as Woltun' in 1197 or Woolton (Lancs) which is recorded as Wlvinton in 1188. The Lancs place-name derives from the Old English personal name Wulfa (genitive Wulfan) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’. The origin of the Kent place-name is uncertain but it may mean ‘farmstead where the ground was rooted up or cleared’ from an Old English word related to Old High German wuolen ‘to root to turn up the group’ + Old English tūn.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016