Meaning & Origin
An English habitational surname from Old English.
Fulton is a boy's baby name of Old English origin, from the Old English fugol (bird) and tūn (settlement), meaning 'bird settlement' or 'fowl enclosure.' The name is associated with Robert Fulton, the American inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat.
Fulton carries an inventive, American-pioneering spirit — the connection to Robert Fulton and the steamboat revolution gives it an entrepreneurial energy that suits parents who value innovation and American ingenuity.