Kenton.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9583).
A placename: A number of places in England: A suburban area in the borough of Brent and borough of Harrow, Greater London; Kenton Road forms the boundary between boroughs (OS grid ref TQ1788).
A placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1965).
A placename: A number of places in England: A suburb in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2267).
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Kent County, Delaware.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Hardin County, Ohio.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
A habitational surname from Old English.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Where this word comes from
From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
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