# Boughton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #83,067

## Definitions
1. A placename:
2. A placename:
3. A placename:
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name Bucca, a byname from bucc (“buck, he-goat”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/boughton