Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Pronounced Pron. /ˈiː.tən/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From any of the various English towns with this name, derived from Old English ea "river" and tun "enclosure, yard, town". Related Names RootEaton (place name) Categories brand names, decathletes, isograms, lightkeepers, Mayflower passengers, place names, structures, towns, vaudevillians, water