Etymology

Dayton

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

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The story

A variant spelling of Deighton. * Most of the placenames are derived from the surname; or another place named Dayton, that in turn is derived from the surname.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.