Caunter

Caunter is a surname originating principally in the West Country in England.[1] The name derives from Anglo-Norman caunter/cauntour, "singer, one who leads the singing", or from Latin cantor, referring to precentors in cathedrals or monasteries.[2]

  1. ^ "Current frequencies: GB 375, Ireland 0 • GB frequency 1881: 305 • Main GB location 1881: Devon; also Cornwall" – Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ P.H. Reaney (2006). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Routledge. p. 564. ISBN 9780415057370.