origin
English: habitational name from any of the extremely numerous places throughout England so called from Old English stan ‘stone’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Most of them are named for their situation on stony ground, but in the case of Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire and Stanton Drew in Avon the reference is to the proximity of prehistoric stone monuments.
This surname has long been established in Ireland also
The name has also sometimes been chosen by Ashkenazic Jews as an Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
request from Private User
i am maurice stanton i live in london have done all my life have just found out have a brother named leslie stanton living in canada trying to trace him anyone have any leads please e mail me he was also born in london to a anne stanton/levitan
other versions of this surname
links
- https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/staunton02.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)
- https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/staunton03.php (membership required in order to view without interruption)