Northern English: habitational name from any of various places so
called. One in Northumbria is probably from the Old English personal
name Æmele + dun ‘hill’; one in County Durham was
earlier Elmedene, from Old English elm ‘elm’ +
denu ‘valley’. Embleton in Cumbria is probably from the
personal name Eanbald + Old English tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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