English: habitational name from either of two places called
Caton, in Derbyshire and Lancashire. The former is probably named with
the Old English personal name or byname Cada (see Cade)
+ Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the latter is
from the Old Norse byname Káti (see Cates) +
tun.English and French: from a pet form of
Catlin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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