How to say it
EAS · ton
/ˈi.stən/
Masculine
Easton
East town
What it means
Old English place name, ēast ('east') + tūn ('town, settlement'). Easily a dozen villages in England carry the name; the surname-to-first-name jump is American and recent.
Easton is an English place name from Old English ēast + tūn ('east town' or 'east settlement'). Easton is the name of villages in England (Suffolk, Wiltshire, Devon, and others) and Easton, Pennsylvania, in the US. The surname-to-first-name jump is American and recent; Easton entered the US top 500 in 2007 and the top 100 in 2018, riding the broader masculine surname-first wave alongside Hudson, Carter, Mason, and Weston. Hockey star Easton Cowan and Madonna's daughter Easton (born Esther) are the celebrity anchors. No common short.
Popularity over time
peaked at #66 in 2016, currently #110 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Pop culture
The Easton hockey-equipment brand is a small association for sports families; otherwise the name is the modern surname-first wave without a single dominant anchor.
Who's worn it
Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.
- Easton, Pennsylvania City at the confluence of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers, named for the English town
Spelling variants
- Eastyn
- Easten
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