Word.ws English Dictionary

Eaton

/ˈiːtən/

Eaton proper noun: a village and civil parish north of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8765).

Proper noun

Eaton (countable and uncountable, plural Eatons)

  1. A village and civil parish north of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8765).
  2. A former civil parish containing Eaton Hall in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, now part of Eaton and Eccleston civil parish (OS grid ref SJ4160).
  3. A village in Rushton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5763).
  4. A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929).
  5. A suburb in south-west Norwich, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2006).
  6. A village and civil parish (served by Gamston with West Drayton and Eaton Parish Council) in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7178).
  7. A hamlet in Appleton-with-Eaton parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP4403).
  8. A small village in Eaton-under-Heywood parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4990).
  9. A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory; named for Charles Eaton, a RAAF officer.
  10. A rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland.
  11. A suburb of Bunbury in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia.
  12. A locality in Canada
Show 14 more meaningsShow fewer meanings
  1. Former name of Eatonia: a town in Chesterfield, Saskatchewan; named in honour of Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain and mail-order catalogue service.
  2. A town in Weld County, Colorado.
  3. A town in Union Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
  4. A township in Eaton County, Michigan.
  5. A township in Kearney County, Nebraska.
  6. A town in Carroll County, New Hampshire; named for Theophilus Eaton, the first governor of New Haven Colony.
  7. A town in Madison County, New York; named for William Eaton.
  8. A city, the county seat of Preble County, Ohio; named for William Eaton, a commander in the First Barbary War.
  9. A township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A ghost town in Wood County, West Virginia.
  11. A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
  12. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  13. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  14. (countable) An English habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Eaton

pluralEatons
alternative formAton

Origin of Eaton

From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.

Words formed from Eaton

Phrases with Eaton

Questions about Eaton

What does Eaton mean?
Eaton means a village and civil parish north of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8765).
What part of speech is Eaton?
Eaton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Eaton?
Eaton is pronounced /ˈiːtən/.

Words near Eaton in the dictionary

  1. eatless
  2. Eatman
  3. Eatmans
  4. Eatmon
  5. Eatmons
  6. Eaton
  7. Eaton and Eccleston
  8. Eaton Center
  9. Eaton Constantine
  10. Eaton County
  11. Eaton Ford

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Eaton (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Eaton.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/eaton. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.