Walton (surname)

Walton is a toponymic surname or placename of Anglo-Saxon origins. It derives from a place with the suffix tun ('town, farm, hamlet') and one of the prefixes wald ('a wood'), walesc ('foreigner') or walh ('farm worker'). First recorded as a surname in Oxfordshire in the person of Odo de Wolton on the Hundred Rolls in 1273.[1] People with the name include:

Walton
Origin
Word/nameAnglo-Saxon
Meaninghabitational name for a place called Walton
Region of originOxfordshire

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  • Danny Walton (b. 1947), American baseball player
  • David Walton (disambiguation)
  • Dean Walton, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Dorothy Walton (1909–1981), Canadian badminton player
  • Douglas Walton (disambiguation)
  • Dwight Walton (b. 1965), Canadian basketball player

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  • Elijah Walton (1832–1880), English artist
  • Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel Prize winner
  • Evangeline Walton (1907–1996), American author
  • Emma Walton (1962–present), British children's book author

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  • Helen Walton (1919–2007), American heiress, widow of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton
  • Henry Walton (disambiguation)

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  • James "Bud" Walton (1921–1995), American retailer, co-founder of Wal-Mart
  • Jerome Walton (b. 1965), American baseball player
  • Jess Walton (b. 1949), American actress
  • Jim Walton (b. 1948), American banker and Wal-Mart heir
  • Jim Walton (journalist) (b. 1958), American journalist, president of CNN Worldwide
  • Jo Walton (b. 1964), British-born fantasy and science fiction writer
  • Joe Walton (b. 1935), American football coach
  • Joseph Walton (footballer), English footballer
  • John Walton (disambiguation):
    • John Walton (1738-1783), American politician, Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress
    • John C. Walton (1881–1949), American politician, Governor of Oklahoma
    • John T. Walton (1946–2005), American businessman and Wal-Mart heir
    • John Walton (actor), Australian actor
    • John Ike Walton, American musician and member of 1960s rock group 13th Floor Elevators
  • Johnathan Walton (b. 1974), Jamaican-born television reporter
  • Joseph Walton (convict) (b. 1830), Canadian-born convict transported to Western Australia

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  • Nancy Walton Laurie, American Wal-Mart heiress
  • Nancy Bird-Walton (1915-2009), Australian aviator

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See also

References
  1. surnamedb.com, URL accessed 18 September 2010
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