Släkthistoria för Shuttleton
Shuttleton Vad efternamn betyder
from Shitlington in Wark (Northumb) which is recorded as Sutlingtun in about 1240 S(c)hutelington in 1279 Shutlyngton in 1358 and Shitlington in 166 The place-name probably means ‘farmstead associated with a man called Scyt(t)el’ from an Old English personal name *Scyt(t)el + the connective particle -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. perhaps occasionally from Shillington (Beds) which is recorded as Scytlingedune in 1060 and Shutlyngdon in the 13th century. The place-name means ‘the hill of the people of a man called Scyt(t)el’ from an Old English personal name *Scyt(t)el + the group-name suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + dūn ‘hill’. Compare Shillington.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
