Winterton

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Winter or Wintra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪn.təɹ.tən/
• Hyphenation: Win‧ter‧ton
• Rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)tən

Proper noun

Winterton (countable and uncountable, plural Wintertons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9218).
   2. A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, named after James Spearman Winter. [From 1912]

      Synonym: Scilly Cove (historical)

   3. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, named after H D Winter.
   4. A hamlet in the town of Mamakating, Sullivan County, New York, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Related terms

• Winterton-on-Sea

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Winterton is the 27452^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 878 individuals. Winterton is most common among White (96.47%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• intertown