Alton

From Old English aewell (“river source”) + tun (“settlement”).

Alton

1. A town in Hampshire, England.
2. A village in Staffordshire, England.
3. Any of various cities and towns in the United States.
   1. a town in Boone County, Indiana.
   2. a small city in Missouri, and the county seat of Oregon County.
4. A habitational surname​.
5. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 1920 The Lyceum Magazine, editor Ralph Albert Parlette, Volume 30, page 15:

     - - - because I have learned something about cartoons from Alton Packard. There are two things about Mr Packard that I keep turning over in my mind. One is that his name sounds like Alton Parker, onetime presidential candidate, and the other is that, to me at least, he looks a little bit like Woodrow Wilson.

• Talon, Tolan, Tolna, laton, notal, talon, tonal