Wrighton

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English hryċġ →
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Meanings

proper nounWrighton (plural Wrightons)

plural Wrightons

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishhryċġ“ridge”
  2. EnglishWrighton

Perhaps a habitational surname from Old English hryċġ (“ridge”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), or from the village of Reighton, in North Yorkshire.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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