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Norton
How to Pronounce Norton
Pronounced NOR-tun /ΛnΙΛr.tΙn/High
Meaning: Norton is an English surname and place name from the Old English north, 'north', and tun, 'settlement, enclosure', so 'north town'. It carries that plain geographic meaning.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Norton began as an English surname drawn from the many places called Norton, from Old English north, 'north', and tun, 'town or enclosure'. Like other place-and-surname names β Milton, Preston, Weldon β it moved into first-name use, and appears in United States records from the eighteen-eighties, with an early-century, genteel air.
Norton reached its high point in 1928 and thinned through the twentieth century, reading now as a grandfather-tier surname name. It has not revived broadly, though the wider fashion for surname first names keeps names of its type quietly in view.
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What does the name Norton mean?
Norton is an English place and surname name from Old English meaning 'north town' or 'northern settlement'.
How do you pronounce Norton?
It's said NOR-tun /ΛnΙΛr.tΙn/ β two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Norton a boy or girl name?
Norton is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Norton?
Norton was an uncommon surname name that crested in the late nineteen-twenties and has been rare since.