| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Word/name | Anglo-Saxon |
| Meaning | habitational name for a place called Walton |
| Region of origin | Oxfordshire |
Walton is a toponymic surname or placename of Anglo-Saxon origins. It derives from a place with the suffix tun ('town, farm, hamlet') and one of the prefixes wald ('a wood'), walesc ('foreigner') or walh ('farm worker'). First recorded as a surname in Oxfordshire in the person of Odo de Wolton on the Hundred Rolls in 1273.[1] People with the name include: