Skipton
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun edit
Skipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)
- A market town and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9851). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Skipton is the 60960th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 330 individuals. Skipton is most common among White (92.73%) individuals.
References edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Skipton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams edit
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Towns in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English