Tritton is an

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of Anglo-Norman origin.

Etymology

The name originates from an

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combination of the personal name ''Trit'' and of the second element ''ton''. The family name translates as "The farm of Trit". The first element ''Trit'' originates either from the Old East Norse dialect ''þryzker'' itself from

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''þrjózkr'' ("defiant"); compare with modern

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noun ''trots'' ("defiance"); meaning "the defiant one" or from the

''þróttr'' ("force", "power"); compare with modern Icelandic noun ''þróttur'' ("vigor", "force"); meaning "the strong one". The second element ''ton'' originates from either

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''tūn'' or

''tún'', both sharing the same meaning ("enclosure", "settlement", "farm").

Region of origin

The name occurs in ''Stapylton's Rolls of the Norman Exchequer'' and in the as holding lands in the neighborhood of Falaise and

Bayeux Bayeux (, ; ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It is also known as the fir ...

in Normandy (France) as well as in the counties of

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and

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during the period covering the end of the 11th Century to the beginning of the 13th Century. The surname also appears in the Lancashire Pipe rolls in the year 1203 with a certain ''Walter de Tritton'', the latter being mentioned as owing half a

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''"to be acquitted from an appeal, probably of murder"''. According to these same literary sources, the name disappears from the coasts of Normandy after the year 1204 coinciding therefore with the

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. The

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n and later

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origins of the name are also reinforced by several hypotheses among which we can cite the etymology of the Norwegian parish of

Tretten Tretten is a village in Øyer Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the Losna lake, which is part of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river. Tretten is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley, along the Gudbrandsdalslågen r ...

, the existence of the

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village of

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taking its roots from a

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settlement on the edge of the river

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during the

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or also the

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''Trittoni'' of

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origin taking its roots from the

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People

Notable people with the name include: *

Arthur Stanley Tritton Arthur Stanley Tritton (25 February 18818 November 1973) was a British Arabist. He wrote a number of books on Islam and its history, and from 1938 to 1946 was Professor of Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Life Tritton was b ...

(1881–1973), British historian and scholar of Islam * David Tritton (1935–1998), British fluid dynamicist * Duke Tritton (1886–1965), Australian poet and folk singer *

Sir Ernest Tritton, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Ernest Tritton, 1st Baronet (4 September 1845 – 28 December 1918) was an English banker and politician. Early life Charles Ernest Tritton was born on 4 September 1845. He was the son of Joseph Tritton, of Lombard Street. He was ed ...

(1845–1918), English banker and politician ** first of the Tritton baronets * Sir Geoffrey Ernest Tritton, 3rd Baronet (1900–1976), British businessman, soldier and politician ** third of the Tritton baronets * Joseph Herbert Tritton (a.k.a. J. Herbert Tritton) (1844–1923), English banker * Lydia Ellen Tritton (1899–1946), Australian journalist, poet and public elocutionist *

Nicholas Tritton Nicholas "Nick" Tritton (born 20 July 1984 in Guelph, Ontario) is a male judoka who grew up in the Perth/Lanark area of Ontario Canada. Nicholas was a member of Canada's National Team for more than ten years and won many medals domestically and ...

(born 1984), Canadian judoka * Thomas R. Tritton, American academic administrator *Sir

William Tritton Sir William Ashbee Tritton, JP, (19 June 1875 – 24 September 1946) was a British expert in agricultural machinery, and was directly involved, together with Major Walter Gordon Wilson and Lancelot De Mole, in the development of the tank. ...

(1875–1946), English expert on agricultural machinery

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