# Egerton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,215

## Definitions
1. A placename:
2. A placename:
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6. A habitational surname from Old English.
7. A male given name.

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name Ecgheard or Ecghere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **Everton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/egerton-vs-everton)
- **Emerson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/egerton-vs-emerson)
- **exertion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/egerton-vs-exertion)
- **Edgerton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edgerton-vs-egerton)

## Common misspellings (10)
`eegrton`, `egerotn`, `egerrton`, `egertno`, `egertonn`, `egertton`, `egetron`, `eggerton`, `egreton`, `geerton`

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