# Brotherton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #92,412

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE4825).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English brōþor (“brother”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). Compare Bretherton.

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