Chilton.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A place in England: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6811).
A place in England: A small town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham (OS grid ref NZ2829).
A place in England: A western suburb of Ramsgate, Thanet district, Kent (OS grid ref TR3664).
A place in England: A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU4885).
A place in England: A civil parish and settlement in Babergh district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL8842).
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Carter County, Missouri.
A place in the United States: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas.
A place in the United States: A city, the county seat of Calumet County, Wisconsin.
A place in the United States: A town in Calumet County, Wisconsin, partially within which the city is.
Ellipsis of Chilton County.
Where this word comes from
From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.
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