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English Meaning: The name Charlton is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Charlton is: A, meaning peasants' settlement. Derived from a surname and place name based on the Old English.Free men's town. Famous bearers: American actor Charlton Heston.
The name derives from the Olde English pre 7th century ceorl meaning a peasant or serf and tun a farm or settlement. The Olde English ceorlatun meant settlement of the peasants. The surname is first recorded towards the end of the 12th century. One Hugh de Charleton is recorded in Northumberland (1333). In 1588 a John Charlton, of Tatton, appears in 'The Wills Records at Chester'. In the modern idiom the name has four spelling variations: Charlton, Charleton, Chorlton and Carlton.