name
Atherton
A-thuh-tuhn
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An English habitational surname, and a place name for towns in England, Australia, and the United States.
"The Atherton family has lived in Wigan for generations."
Word Forms
Athertons plural
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Etymology
From an Old English personal name Æþelhere + tūn ("settlement, town").