BabyNameScore

Dutton

Dutton feels distinctive without creating everyday friction in daily use.

89/100

Strong Practical Fit

Balanced across pronunciation, everyday use, lifetime fit and international use.

Name Profile

  1. Pronunciation & Spelling

    Effortless

    A documented English pronunciation is on file.

    91/100

  2. Everyday Use

    Low risk

    95/100

  3. Growing Up

    Strong lifetime fit

    Works comfortably across child and adult settings.

    82/100

  4. International Use

    Broad international fit

    Works cleanly across the assessed languages and writing systems.

    85/100

NAME DETAILS

DOCUMENTED USE
Masculine
ORIGIN & HISTORY

About the name

Dutton is an English surname derived from one or more places named Dutton in Cheshire and Lancashire, first recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Duntune." Onomastic sources disagree on the underlying elements: one specialist surname database derives it from the Old English personal name "Dudda" plus "tun" (settlement/farmstead), while another derives it from Old English "dun" (hill) plus "tun," i.e. "hill farmstead." Its current use as a first name in the United States is recent (essentially post-2020) and is not addressed by either source as a given-name tradition in its own right.

  1. Duntune (Domesday Book, 1086, Old English). Disputed as a surname/place-name origin: sources disagree on whether the name comes from an Old English personal name ("Dudda") plus "tun" (settlement) meaning roughly "Dudda's settlement," or from Old English "dun" (hill) plus "tun" meaning "hill settlement/farmstead." No source addresses a distinct meaning for Dutton as a given (first) name; it is a surname repurposed as a first name. Dutton is documented as an English locational surname, tracing to places called Dutton in Cheshire and Lancashire. The Cheshire location is recorded as "Duntune" in the 1086 Domesday Book; a bearer named "Odard de Dutton" is recorded in that period, described in one source as connected to Hugh Lupus and the Norman post-Conquest settlement of England. This historical documentation concerns the surname/place name, not a first-name tradition.
POPULARITY

Dutton over time

United States
#779RANK

Rank #779 gives national context, not a classroom forecast.

Uncommon in current U.S. usage. Ranked #779 in the U.S., 2025.

SourceU.S. Social Security Administration · 2025 release

EDITORIAL SYNTHESIS

The Decision

Dutton is spelled without unusual letter patterns, and it holds up in everyday use. Surname-dependent compatibility remains unassessed until a surname is added.

STRENGTH

A documented English pronunciation is on file. Uses standard characters that systems widely handle cleanly.

BEST FIT

Everyday Use is the strongest-scoring part of this name — no obvious nickname traps, rhymes, or initial issues detected.

FULL-NAME CHECK

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Dutton