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Atherton

/ˈæθətən/ · name

Meaning

  1. A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.
  2. A placename:
  3. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6703).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.
  5. A town in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.

Etymology / origin

From the Old English personal name Æþelhere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), equivalent to Old English Æþelhere + -ton.

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