Stanton surname meaning

Stanton is an English habitational surname from any of the many places called Stanton or Staunton. The place-name joins Old English stān, “stone,” with tūn, “farmstead” or “estate”—often a settlement on stony ground, and sometimes one near prehistoric stone monuments, as at Stanton Harcourt or Stanton Drew. Staunton is a frequent spelling cousin. The name is long established in Ireland as well, especially Mayo; DAFN also notes occasional Ashkenazic Americanization onto like-sounding Jewish surnames. Place is high confidence for the English stone-farm origin that drives most bearers.