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♂ Alton
What does Alton mean?
Alton 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced ALL-tun. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Alton is "old town". Mainly American: transferred use of the English surname, which is from a number of places so called in England. Activist Alton Maddox.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, old, surname, england
Variations
VARIANTS Aldon, Allton, Alston, Alten, Elton▼
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Aiton, ..
(female) Alte, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Alton Taylor (A.T.), ..
How popular is Alton?
Alton is a very popular first name for men (#361 out of 1220, Top 30%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#7307 out of 150436, Top 5%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Alton reached its highest rank of #177 in the U.S. during the years 1900-1909, and is at #1349 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Elton (#1980 VIA LATEST LIST), Aldon and Alston are the popular variation forms of Alton (#1349) ranked in the Top 2000. These forms of Alton reached the apex of their popularity 118 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.11%) and have become significantly less widespread since (ADOPTION 0.01%, ▼89%), with forms such as Elton becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Alton▼ is pronounced similarly to Ellton, Walton▼, Welton and Wilton▼. Other recommended sound-alike names are Acton, Admon, Adon, Aeron, Aeson, Afton, Ahron, Alain, Albin▼, Albyn, Aldan, Alden▲, Aldin, Aldo, Alin, Alison, Allin, Allon, Allson, Allston, Allyn, Aloj, Alon, Alpin, Alsten, Alta, Altman, Alto, Altus, Alvan, Alven, Alvyn, Alwyn, Alyn, Ammon, Amnon, Amon, Andon▼, Antin, Antol, Anton▼, Antons, Antony, Ardon, Armon, Arron▼, Arvon, Aryon, Aston, Auron, Avon, Ayron, Bolton, Cleon, Colton▲, Dalton▼, Eldon▼, Elon▲, Elson, Elston, Eston, Eton, Fulton, Galton, Milton▼, Mylton (see Milton), Orton, Paton, Platon, Salton and Seton. These names tend to be less commonly used than Alton.
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