Egerton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, with the settlement of Egerton Green (OS grid ref SJ5252).
A placename: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7114).
A placename: A village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9047).
A placename: A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A placename: A community in Southgate township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
A habitational surname from Old English.
A male given name.
Where this word comes from
From the Old English personal name Ecgheard or Ecghere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Try it on your idea.
Egerton has 7 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.