"Boughton" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Boughtons [plural]
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Bucca, a byname from bucc (“buck, he-goat”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|-}} Old English, {{m|ang|Bucca}} Bucca, {{m|ang|bucc||buck, he-goat}} bucc (“buck, he-goat”), {{m|ang|tūn||enclosure; settlement, town}} tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Boughtons}} Boughton (countable and uncountable, plural Boughtons)
  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7002).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Norfolk, England, Villages in England, Villages in Norfolk, England
    Sense id: en-Boughton-en-name-QGWu3O3B
  2. (uncountable) A placename:
    A village and civil parish to the north of Northampton in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7565).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in England, Places in Northamptonshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Northamptonshire, England
    Sense id: en-Boughton-en-name-bvFH-F37
  3. (uncountable) A placename:
    A village in Ollerton and Boughton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6768).
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in England, Places in Nottinghamshire, England, Villages in England, Villages in Nottinghamshire, England Derived forms: Boughton under Blean, According to the 2010 United States Census, Boughton is the 9978th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3233 individuals. Boughton is most common among White (87.5%) individuals.
    Sense id: en-Boughton-en-name-xuGcH90J
  4. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Boughton-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames

Inflected forms

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