Sutton

S1U1T1T1O1N1
UK, US/ˈsʌtən/

proper noun

A small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL2247).

CommonScrabble 6

Meanings

proper nounSutton (countable and uncountable, plural Suttons)

plural Suttons

  1. Any of a number of places:
    1. countableuncountableA small village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL2247).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish, also known as Sutton-in-the-Isle, in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4479).
    3. countableuncountableA civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, which includes the village of Sutton Lane Ends.
    4. countableuncountableA suburban town in southern Greater London, historically in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2664).
    5. countableuncountableA London borough in Greater London, which includes the town.
    6. countableuncountableA village and civil parish (served by Sutton by Dover Parish Council) in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3349).
    7. countableuncountableA suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside; the name Sutton Oak is also used in this area (OS grid ref SJ5393).
    8. countableuncountableA civil parish (served by Sutton-in-Craven Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district.
    9. countableuncountableA hamlet in Byram cum Sutton parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE4925).
    10. countableuncountableA settlement in Granby parish, Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7637).
    11. countableuncountableA settlement in Stanton Harcourt parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4106).
    12. countableuncountableA village and civil parish (served by Sutton and Barlavington Parish Council) in Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9715).
    13. countableuncountableA northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, on the isthmus near Howth (Irish grid ref O2539).
    14. countableuncountableA community in the town of Georgina, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
    15. countableuncountableA town in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec.
    16. countableuncountableA rural municipality in Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Sutton No. 103.
    17. countableuncountableA town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    18. countableuncountableA city and township in Clay County, Nebraska.
    19. countableuncountableA town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
    20. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
    21. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Griggs County, North Dakota.
    22. countableuncountableA township in Meigs County, Ohio.
    23. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Caledonia County, Vermont.
    24. countableuncountableA town, the county seat of Braxton County, West Virginia.
    25. countableuncountableA village in Queanbeyan-Palerang council area and Yass Valley council area, New South Wales, Australia.
    26. countableuncountableA locality in the Shire of Buloke, north western Victoria, Australia
    27. countableuncountableA small settlement in Otago, New Zealand.
  2. 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
  3. countableuncountableA unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Origin

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Southtown.

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Cite this entry
APA

Sutton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sutton

MLA

“Sutton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sutton. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sutton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sutton.

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