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Clayton en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkleɪtən/

Etymology

From Middle English Claytone, Cleyton, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Analyzable as clay + -ton.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town, the county seat of Barbour County, Alabama; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Contra Costa County, California; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Kent County and New Castle County, Delaware; named for John M. Clayton.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Rabun County, Georgia; named for Augustin Smith Clayton.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Custer County, Idaho; the smallest city in the United States, named for early settler Clayton Smith.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A village and township in Adams County, Illinois; named for Henry Clay.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Liberty Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; named for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Clayton County, Iowa.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Decatur County and Norton County, Kansas; named for the clay in the area.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
  12. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A community in the town of New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
  13. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Hudson Township and Dover Township, Lenawee County, Michigan.
  14. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi.
  15. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri; named for landowner Ralph Clayton.
  16. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
  17. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town, the county seat of Union County, New Mexico; named for Clayton Dorsey, son of Arkansas statesman Stephen Wallace Dorsey.
  18. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and village in Jefferson County, New York; named for lawyer and politician John M. Clayton.
  19. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Johnston County, North Carolina.
  20. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Montgomery County, Ohio; named for John Clayton, a War of 1812 veteran.
  21. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; named for the city in Missouri.
  22. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Hereford Township and Washington Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  23. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas.
  24. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Stevens County, Washington.
  25. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Summers County, West Virginia.
  26. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
  27. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and village in Polk County, Wisconsin; named for Clayton Rogers, the foreman of the town's sawmill.
  28. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
  29. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ A number of townships in the United States, listed under Clayton Township.
  30. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A large number of places in the United States: ▸ Ellipsis of Clayton County.
  31. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A place in Canada: ▸ A community in the town of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario.
  32. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A place in Canada: ▸ A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Clayton No. 333) in east Saskatchewan.
  33. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A few places in England: ▸ A suburb of the city of Manchester, Greater Manchester; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby (OS grid ref SJ8898).
  34. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A few places in England: ▸ A village in Clayton with Frickley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4507).
  35. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A few places in England: ▸ A suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8544).
  36. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A few places in England: ▸ A village in Hassocks parish, Mid Sussex district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ2914).
  37. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A few places in England: ▸ A suburban village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1231).
  38. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A village south-west of Guardbridge, north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4318)
  39. (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; named for proprietor John Hughes Clayton.
  40. (countable, uncountable) A habitational surname from Old English.
  41. (countable, uncountable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Forms

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Claytons Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Clayton with Frickley · Clayton West · Clayton South · Claytonville · Clayton's · Clayton County · Claytons · Clayton motion · Clayton-le-Moors · Claytonian · Clayton Bridge

Descendants

Claytonia

Synonyms

Clayton's · Claytonville