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2025
Thornton
Thornton
English
Proper noun
Thornton
Any of several
placenames
in
England
and
Scotland
.
An English and Scottish
habitational
surname
from these places.
A male
given name
transferred from the surname.
Etymology
Old English
þorn
(
“
thorn
”
)
+
tūn
(
“
settlement
”
)
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