Chilton

C3H4I1L1T1O1N1

proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld English ċilda tūn →
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Meanings

proper nounChilton (countable and uncountable, plural Chiltons)

plural Chiltons

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. A place in England:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6811).
    2. countableuncountableA small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829).
    3. countableuncountableA western suburb of Ramsgate, Thanet district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3664).
    4. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4885).
    5. countableuncountableA civil parish and settlement in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8842).
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Carter County, Missouri.
    2. countableuncountableA census-designated place and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas.
    3. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Calumet County, Wisconsin.
    4. countableuncountableA town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is.
  4. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Chilton County.

Origin

  1. Old Englishċilda tūn
  2. EnglishChilton

From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.

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APA

Chilton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chilton

MLA

“Chilton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chilton. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chilton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chilton.

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