This article is about the surname Middleton. For other uses, see
Middleton.
Middleton
Origin
Word/name
England and Scotland
Meaning
"middle"/"town"
Region of origin
Anglo-Saxon
Middleton is a locational
Anglo-Saxonsurname originating from dozens of different settlements in
England going by one of the pre-7th-century
Old English variations of "middle" (such as midel) and "town" (such as tun). The earliest recorded examples of such hamlets date to 1086 and include Middeltone, Mideltuna, and Middeltune in such
Derbyshire,
Shropshire,
Sussex, and
Yorkshire. The surname "Mideltone" is recorded in
Oxfordshire (1166), "Midilton" is noted in
Arbroath, Scotland (1221) and "Middelton" is found in Yorkshire (1273).[1]
This page lists people with the
surnameMiddleton. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
This article is about the surname Middleton. For other uses, see
Middleton.
Middleton
Origin
Word/name
England and Scotland
Meaning
"middle"/"town"
Region of origin
Anglo-Saxon
Middleton is a locational
Anglo-Saxonsurname originating from dozens of different settlements in
England going by one of the pre-7th-century
Old English variations of "middle" (such as midel) and "town" (such as tun). The earliest recorded examples of such hamlets date to 1086 and include Middeltone, Mideltuna, and Middeltune in such
Derbyshire,
Shropshire,
Sussex, and
Yorkshire. The surname "Mideltone" is recorded in
Oxfordshire (1166), "Midilton" is noted in
Arbroath, Scotland (1221) and "Middelton" is found in Yorkshire (1273).[1]
This page lists people with the
surnameMiddleton. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.