Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A village and civil parish north of Congleton, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8765). · A former civil parish containing Eaton Hall in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, now part of Eaton and Eccleston civil parish (OS grid ref SJ4160). · A village in Rushton parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5763). · A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK7929).
From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.
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