Definition of "Eaton"

A surname  examples

A placename

1. A number of places in England:

   1. A village in Cheshire East district, Cheshire.  examples

   2. A former civil parish containing Eaton Hall in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, now part of Eaton and Eccleston civil parish (OS grid ref SJ4160).  examples

   3. A village in Rushton parish, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5763).  examples

   4. A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929).  examples

   5. A village in Norfolk, a suburb of Norwich, England.  examples

   6. A village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7178).  examples

   7. A hamlet in Appleton-with-Eaton parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4403).  examples

   8. A small village in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4990).  examples

2. A place in Australia

   1. A suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia.  examples

   2. A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory; named for Charles Eaton, a RAAF officer.  examples

3. A locality in Canada

   1. Former name of Eatonia. A town in Chesterfield, Saskatchewan; named in honour of Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and mail-order catalogue service.  examples

4. A locality in the United States:

   1. A town in Indiana.  examples

   2. A town in New Hampshire; named for Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New Haven Colony.  examples

   3. A town in New York; named for William Eaton.  examples

   4. A city, the county seat of Preble County, Ohio; named for William Eaton, a commander in the First Barbary War.  examples

   5. A statutory town in Oklahoma.  examples

   6. A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.  examples

   7. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.  examples

   8. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.  examples

(countable) An English habitational surname from Old English.  examples