Morton Name Meaning & Origin
Morton
Pronunciation: MOR-tən (key)
Origin of the name Morton:
Transferred use of the surname arising from a place-name derived from the Old English elements mor (a moor, a wasteland) and tūn (town, settlement, village, enclosure): hence, "from the settlement by the moor."
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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