Skipton
English
Etymology
From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Skipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)
- A market town and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9851).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
- Skipton-on-Swale
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Skipton is the 60960th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 330 individuals. Skipton is most common among White (92.73%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Skipton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
- K-points, ink pots, ink-pots, inkpots, inkspot