Meanings
plural Woottons · alternative Whotton · alternative Wootan · alternative Wooten · alternative Wooton
- Any of numerous villages in England:
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Bedford district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0045).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in New Milton parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ2398).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Almeley parish, Herefordshire, divided into Lower Wootton and Upper Wootton (OS grid ref SO3252).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Dormington parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5939).
- countableuncountableA village in Wootton Bridge parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5392).
- countableuncountableA village in Denton with Wootton parish, Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2246).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA0816).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7656).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4701).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4319).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Onibury parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4578).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Oswestry Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ3427).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1045).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8227).
- countableuncountableA locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- countableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishwudu“wood”
- EnglishWootton
From Old English wudu (“wood”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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Wootton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wootton
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