Fulton as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Fulton

What is the meaning of the name Fulton ?

The baby name Fulton is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈfʊltən/ (FUL-tən).

Fulton is English, Scottish in Origin.

Fulton is a transferred surname of English and Scottish origin, taken from several habitational places named Fulton. The surname derives from Old English fugol (bird, fowl) + tūn (enclosure, farmstead), yielding senses like “bird-farm” or “fowl settlement.” In Lowland Scotland the name also overlaps with, and was sometimes recorded as, Fullerton, reinforcing the “farm/enclosure” element while preserving a similar sound. The surname appears in records from the medieval period across northern England and Ayrshire.

Used as a given name in the United States since the 19th century, Fulton gained currency in honor of engineer Robert Fulton, associated with the first commercially successful steamboat. Mid-20th-century visibility came via Catholic archbishop and broadcaster Fulton J. Sheen. Today the name is uncommon yet familiar, largely masculine and occasionally unisex. Variants are scarce; spellings such as Fullton or Foulton occur, with rare nicknames like Fult. Related: Fullerton.