Meaning & Origin
A number of places in the United Kingdom: A place in England: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire . A hamlet in Brampton parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria . A hamlet in Preston Richard parish, South Lakeland district, Cumbria . A hamlet in Repton parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire . An area of Portsmouth, Hampshire. Former name of Old Milton, Hampshire, renamed on maps by 1970. An eastern suburb of Gravesend, Gravesham borough, Kent . A village in West Markham parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire . A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire . A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire . A hamlet in Ash parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district . A suburb of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset district, Somerset . An eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire . A hamlet in East Knoyle parish, Wiltshire . A place in Scotland: A village in Easter Ross, Highland council area . A small village in Glen Urquhart, Highland council area, historically in Inverness-shire . A suburban area of Glasgow, Glasgow council area . A hamlet west of Aberfoyle, Stirling council area . A village in West Dunbartonshire council area . A settlement on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Western Isles council area . A settlement in Carew community, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Milton is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, a habitational surname from dozens of English places named Milton — from mylen ('mill') and tun ('settlement'), meaning 'mill settlement.' It became a given name in honor of the poet John Milton.
Milton peaked in the U.S. top 50 around 1900–1930 and carries the gravitas of its most famous bearer — John Milton, author of Paradise Lost. Comedian Milton Berle, known as "Uncle Miltie," gave it a warmer, more accessible side. A vintage name with real literary weight.