Ashton

• (rare): Asheton
• (rare): Assheton

From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

• (US) enPR: ăsh'tən

Ashton

1. A common place name in England.
2. A habitational surname​ derived from the place names.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A female given name.
5. A town in South Australia, Australia.
6. A ghost town in California, US.
7. A city in Idaho, US.
8. A village in Illinois, US.
9. A city/town in Iowa, US.
10. A village in Nebraska, US.
11. A city/town in South Dakota, US.

• Ashton-under-Lyne

• U. S. Census Bureau genealogy name search based on 1990 census indicates 0.005% of population had the name "Ashton" as a surname, none had it as a male name, and 0.004% had it as a female given name.
• Pareles, J. (2003, August 12). ROCK REVIEW; Still Wildly Gyrating After All These Years. New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2006.

• New York Times
• U.S. Census Bureau

• Haston, shanto, shat on