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Walton

/ˈwɒl.tən/US/ˈwɔl.tən/

Walton proper noun: a surname. Also the clipping of Walton-on-Thames.

Proper noun

Walton

  1. A surname.
    • Despite wide efforts to encourage more girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM, a new survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found Gen Z girls significantly lag behind boys in the level of interest expressed in STEM subjects, suggesting more must be done to close the gender gap.2023 December 5, Athena Jones, “Efforts to close gender interest gap in STEM must be stepped up, Gen Z survey shows”, in CNN
  2. A township in Harvey County, Kansas.
  3. A city in Boone County and Kenton County, Kentucky.
  4. A township in Eaton County, Michigan.
  5. An unincorporated community in Fife Lake Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
  6. A town and village in Delaware County, New York.
  7. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  8. An unincorporated community in Van Zandt County, Texas.
  9. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
  10. A village in the Municipal District of East Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia.
  11. A hamlet in Huron County, Ontario.
  12. A suburb of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8213).
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  1. A suburb and civil parish (with a community council) in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8936).
  2. A northern suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1702).
  3. A village and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5264).
  4. A southern suburb of Chesterfield borough, with a small portion in Holymoorside and Walton parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3669).
  5. A village in Kimcote and Walton parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP5987).
  6. A suburb of the City of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3694).
  7. A hamlet in Onibury parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4679).
  8. A settlement in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5818).
  9. A village and civil parish west of Street, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST4636).
  10. A hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8527).
  11. A suburban area in Stone parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9033).
  12. A northern suburb of Felixstowe, East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM2935).
  13. A small settlement in Wellesbourne and Walton parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2853)
  14. A village and civil parish east of Wetherby, City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4447).
  15. A village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3517).
  16. A small settlement in Old Radnor community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2559).
  17. A settlement in Waikato, New Zealand.
  18. Counties in Florida and Georgia, see Walton County.

Also used as

Walton is also the clipping of Walton-on-Thames.

Walton is also the clipping of Walton-on-the-Naze.

Origin of Walton

Variously from Old English weall (“wall”) or wealh (“Celt, Welshman”) + tūn (“settlement”)

Words formed from Walton

Questions about Walton

What does Walton mean?
Walton means a surname.
What part of speech is Walton?
Walton is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Walton?
Walton is pronounced /ˈwɒl.tən/ (UK).

Words near Walton in the dictionary

  1. Walthour
  2. Walthours
  3. Waltman
  4. Waltman Walter syndrome
  5. Waltmans
  6. Walton
  7. Walton County
  8. Walton-le-Dale
  9. Walton-on-Thames
  10. Walton-on-the-Hill
  11. Walton-on-the-Naze

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Walton (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.

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