Clutton

English

Etymology

From Old English clūdiġ (“rocky, stony”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklʌtən/

Proper noun

Clutton (countable and uncountable, plural Cluttons)

1. A village and civil parish (served by Coddington and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4654).
2. A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6259).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Clutton is the 7623^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 849 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Clutton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 347.