At a Glance
- Meaning
- An English place name meaning roughly 'settlement of a man called Ecgheard or Ecghere', later used as a surname and then a given name
- Origin
- Old English (place name / surname)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- EDJ-er-tuhn
Egerton is an Old English (place name / surname) boy's name meaning “an English place name meaning roughly 'settlement of a man called Ecgheard or Ecghere', later used as a surname and then a given name”. It appears in our list of 200+ Forgotten Baby Boy Names That Deserve a Comeback.
Meaning & Origin of Egerton
Meaning: An English place name meaning roughly 'settlement of a man called Ecgheard or Ecghere', later used as a surname and then a given name.
Origin: Old English (place name / surname).
A common claim: Old English: 'Edge town'. Actually: Egerton isn't a literal 'edge' + 'town' compound -- it comes from an Old English place name meaning 'settlement of a person called Ecgheard/Ecghere', so 'edge town' oversimplifies the real derivation.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Egerton
EDJ-er-tuhnIPA /ˈɛdʒərtən/
Popularity of Egerton
Egerton doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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