About Knighton
The name Knighton is of English origin and is derived from the Old English words "cniht" meaning "knight" and "tun" meaning "settlement" or "enclosure." Therefore, the name Knighton can be interpreted to mean "knight's settlement" or "enclosure of knights." It is a surname that likely originated as a locational name for someone who lived in or near a place associated with knights or had connections to the knightly class.
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Most individuals with the name Knighton are male.
The popularity of the name has remained the same by 0% over the past year.
Here's how to represent Knighton in Braille, with each pattern of raised dots corresponding to a letter of the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Knighton using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.