Beaton (surname)

Beaton is a Scottish surname which may have multiple origins.

One origin of the name is from the placename Béthune, in Pas-de-Calais, France and is associated with the lowland clan Bethune.

Another derivation of the surname Beaton is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Beath,^[1] and corresponds to the Beaton medical kindred of the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles.

The surname Beaton can be represented in modern Scottish Gaelic as Peutan (masculine form), and Pheutan (feminine form).^[2]

Another suggested derivation is from the mediaeval personal name Beaton, Beton, which is pet form of a short form of the names Bartholomew or Beatrice.^[1] Bartholomew is a masculine name, while Beatrice is a feminine name; the names are not etymologically related to each other.^[3]

List of people with the surname[]

Alex Beaton, Scottish folk-singer currently living in Franklin, Tennessee
Alistair Beaton, (born 1947), Scottish political satirist, novelist and television writer
Cecil Beaton, (1904–1980), English photographer
David Cardinal Beaton, (1494–1545), last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation.
Ewan Beaton, (born 1969), Canadian judoka
James Beaton, (1473–1539), Archbishop of Glasgow
James Beaton II, (1517–1603), Archbishop of Glasgow
James Wallace Beaton, (born 1943), Queen's Police Officer
M. C. Beaton, pseudonym for Marion Chesney
Kate Beaton, Canadian author of the webcomic "Hark! A Vagrant"
Mary Beaton, attendant of Mary, Queen of Scots
Noel Beaton, (1925–2004), Australian politician
Norman Beaton, (1934–1994), Guyanese actor
Rod Beaton (United Press International), (1923–2002), American journalist and media executive
Rod Beaton (USA Today), (1951–2011), American sports journalist
Roderick Beaton, an academic at King's College London
Rosie Beaton, Australian radio announcer
Steve Beaton, (born 1964), English darts player, 1996 BDO World Champion

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Beaton".
^ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 722, ISBN 0-203-22259-8
^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 28–29, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1

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[ancestry-1] "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010. which cited Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4. for the surname "Beaton".

[2] Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 722, ISBN 0-203-22259-8

[3] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 28–29, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1

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