Girton Family History
Girton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Girton or Gretton. Gretton in Northamptonshire as well as Girton in Nottinghamshire and Cambridgeshire are named from Old English grēot ‘gravel’ + tūn ‘enclosure settlement’. Gretton in Shropshire is named from Old English grēoten ‘gravelly’ + tūn while Gretton Gloucestershire is ‘farmstead (tūn) near Greet (Old English grēote ‘gravelly place’)’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022