Name: Alton
Gender: Male
Usage: Alton is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Alton are in general originating from Albania, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Alton is: Old town.
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Numerology of the first name Alton: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Alton is ranked on the 3,937th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 83600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Alton has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Alton is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Alton Adams (1889-1987), first African-American bandmaster in the U.S. Navy
- Alton Alexis (born 1957), former National Football League wide receiver
- Alton Brown (born 1962), American cinematographer, author, actor, and television personality
- Alton Brown (baseball) (born 1925), former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Alton Byrd (born 1957), American basketball player
- Alton Coleman (1955-2002), African-American spree killer
- Alton Ellis (1938-2008), Jamaican musician
- Alton W. Knappenberger (1923–2008), U.S. Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II
- Alton Lennon (1906-1986), U.S. Senator and Congressman from North Carolina
- Alton Lister (born 1958), American former National Basketball Association player
- Alton Ochsner (1896-1981), American surgeon and medical researcher
- Alton B. Parker (1852-1926), American lawyer, judge, and Democratic nominee for U.S. president in 1904
- Alton D. Slay (born 1924), U.S. Air Force four-star general
- Alton Thelwell (born 1980), English footballer
- Alton Tobey (1914-2005), American artist and teacher of art
- Alton R. Waldon, Jr. (born 1936), American politician
English: transferred use of the surname, which is of local origin, being derived from any of several places in England so called. These have various origins; the most common is from Old English ǣwiell source (of a river) + tūn settlement, enclosure. It was borne (but dropped) as a given name by the American bandleader and trombonist Alton Glenn Miller (1904–44).
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