Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname originating as an occupation. · A male given name transferred from the surname. · A diminutive of the male given name Clayton. · A city in Jefferson County, Alabama.
From a Middle English occupational name for a clay worker, or a habitational name, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).
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- Inherited-form mentionclǣġang
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