Naughton

English

Etymology

The Suffolk place-name has the second element Old English tūn (“town, village”). The initial element is either nafela (“navel”) or a personal name such as Old Norse Nagli.

The Fife place-name is from Old Irish áth (“ford”) + the Pictish personal-name Neithon.

Proper noun

Naughton (countable and uncountable, plural Naughtons)

1. A village in Suffolk, England.
2. An estate in Fife council area, Scotland
3. A surname.

Derived terms

• Naughtons Gap

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Naughton is the 6448^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5264 individuals. Naughton is most common among White (92.33%) individuals.