Meanings
plural Suttons
- Any of a number of places:
- countableuncountableA small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL2247).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish, also known as Sutton-in-the-Isle, in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4479).
- countableuncountableA civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, which includes the village of Sutton Lane Ends.
- countableuncountableA suburban town in southern Greater London, historically in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2664).
- countableuncountableA London borough in Greater London, which includes the town.
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish (served by Sutton by Dover Parish Council) in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3349).
- countableuncountableA suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside; the name Sutton Oak is also used in this area (OS grid ref SJ5393).
- countableuncountableA civil parish (served by Sutton-in-Craven Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district.
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Byram cum Sutton parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE4925).
- countableuncountableA settlement in Granby parish, Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7637).
- countableuncountableA settlement in Stanton Harcourt parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4106).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish (served by Sutton and Barlavington Parish Council) in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9715).
- countableuncountableA town in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec.
- countableuncountableA rural municipality in Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Sutton No. 103.
- countableuncountableA town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- countableuncountableA city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
- countableuncountableA town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- countableuncountableA census-designated place in Griggs County, North Dakota.
- countableuncountableA township in Meigs County, Ohio.
- countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Caledonia County, Vermont.
- countableuncountableA town, the county seat of Braxton County, West Virginia.
- countableuncountableA village in Queanbeyan-Palerang council area and Yass Valley council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Buloke, north western Victoria, Australia
- countableuncountableA small settlement in Otago, New Zealand.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Formal SignWriting is one particular computerized design for Sutton SignWriting that envisions a sign as a two part word.
2022 January 30, Steve Slevinski, “Formal SignWriting”, in IETF, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024 - countableuncountableA unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Southtown.
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Sutton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sutton
“Sutton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sutton. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sutton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sutton.
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