Släkthistoria för Whelpton
Whelpton Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps from West Whelpington or Kirkwhelpington (Northumb) with loss of the -ing-. The place-name is recorded as Welpinton in 1182 and derives from an Old English personal name *Hwelp + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. The surname may share an origin with Whelton which is also at present a name of Lincs. There is scope for confusion of both surnames with Wheldon a variant of Wheeldon which like Whelpton is associated with Chester le Street (Durham).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
