# Stilton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈstɪltən/ · frequency rank #63,273

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1689).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Recorded as Stichiltone in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English stigel (“stile”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The cheese was named after the village where it was originally sold.

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