Athertonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• (surname): Atterton, Eatherton, Etherton

語源

From the 古期英語 personal name Æþelhere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), equivalent to 古期英語 Æþelhere +‎ -ton.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈæθətən/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈæθɚtən/

固有名詞

Atherton (countable and uncountable, plural Athertons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6703).
   2. A town in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia.
   3. A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.
      • 2024 November 28, Josh Ocampo, “Expensive ZIP Codes Have Something in Common”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 1 December 2024:

        For years, celebrities and tech titans have flocked to Atherton, Calif., a suburb in the heart of Silicon Valley. Given the town’s ultrawealthy residents, it may come as no surprise that Atherton is where one finds the most expensive ZIP code in the United States based on home prices, according to a study by RealtyHop.

2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Atherton is the 5382 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6466 individuals. Atherton is most common among White (92.16%) individuals.

参照

• Mills, David (1976), “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Atherton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66.