Etymology

Whitton

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Today it means: A suburb of Twickenham in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1473). Full definition →

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The story

Ultimately from the Old English personal name Hwīta, a byname from hwīt (“white”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.