# Shenton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #87,813

## Definitions
1. A hamlet in Sutton Cheney parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3800).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From the name of the River Sence, which is from Old English sċenċ (“drinking cup”), + 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/shenton