Barton Family History
Barton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure settlement’ i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún. Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej Czech Bartoloměj Slovak Bartolomej from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022