Blyton

English

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Blígr + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaɪtən/

Proper noun

Blyton (countable and uncountable, plural Blytons)

1. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8594).
2. A habitational surname.

Derived terms

• Blytonesque
• Blytonian

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Blyton is the 27895^th most common surname in England, belonging to 137 individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blyton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176.
• Forebears