Drayton

/ˈdɹeɪ.tən/

Drayton proper noun: a suburban area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU672860).

Proper noun

Drayton (countable and uncountable, plural Draytons)

A suburban area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU672860).
A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP830922).
A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG185135).
A suburb of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5662).
A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4241).
A village and civil parish near Abingdon, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire.
A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST404248).
A hamlet in Chaddesley Corbett parish, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO906760).
A locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.
A community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Dooly County, Georgia, United States.
A city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
An unincorporated community in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Drayton

plural	Draytons

Origin of Drayton

From Middle English Drayton, from Old English Drægtūn (literally “town where logs are dragged”), from draġan (“to draw, drag”) + tūn (“enclosure, town”). Alternatively from Proto-Brythonic *treβ (“town, settlement”) + Old English tūn.

Words formed from Drayton

Drayton Bassett
Drayton Beauchamp
Draytonian
Drayton Parslow
Drayton St. Leonard
Fen Drayton
Fenny Drayton
Market Drayton
West Drayton

Phrases with Drayton

Drayton Valley

Words that rhyme with Drayton

Questions about Drayton

What does Drayton mean?: Drayton means a suburban area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU672860).
What part of speech is Drayton?: Drayton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Drayton?: Drayton is pronounced /ˈdɹeɪ.tən/.

Words near Drayton in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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