Skipton

English

Etymology

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Skipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)

1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SD9851).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Skipton-on-Swale

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Skipton is the 60960^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 330 individuals. Skipton is most common among White (92.73%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Skipton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• K-points, ink pots, ink-pots, inkpots, inkspot