Potton

English

Etymology

From Old English pott (“pot”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Potton (countable and uncountable, plural Pottons)

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2249). [1]
  2. A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

  • Potton Island

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Potton is the 9549th most common surname in England, belonging to 634 individuals.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (England)

Further reading

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