Girton

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Girten

Etymology

From Old English grēot (“gravel”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Girton (countable and uncountable, plural Girtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4262).
   2. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8266).
2. (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Girton College, Cambridge..
3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Girton is the 16926^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1681 individuals. Girton is most common among White (85.78%) and Black/African American (10.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Girton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47.

Anagrams

• Tignor, orting, roting, trigon