Danton Family History
Danton Name Meaning
French: habitational name with fused preposition d(e) ‘from’ denoting someone from either of two places in Isère and Haute-Savoie called Anthon. This surname is also found in Britain where it is of French Huguenot origin. French: patronymic with fused preposition d(e) ‘of’ from the personal name Anton a variant of Antoine . English (Kent): possibly from one of many places called Denton (e.g. near Alciston Sussex) one of six places called Dunton (Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Essex Leicestershire Norfolk Warwickshire) or Downton (Gloucestershire Wiltshire) or Taunton (Somerset). The later Kentish surname may be connected with Danton Farm in Cheriton (Kent) this being a late form of the farm name Dalmington.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022