Fulton

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name from surnames.
• city, county seat Callaway County (county) Missouri (state) ; named for {{w Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat}}.
• city county, Oswego County New York (state) ; named for Robert Fulton.
• city Kentucky (state) ; named for Fulton County its county, itself named for Robert Fulton.
• city, county seat Itawamba County (county) Mississippi (state) ; named for Robert Fulton.
• city Illinois (state) ; named for Robert Fulton.
• town Wisconsin (state).
• CDP Maryland (state) ; named for Charles C. Fulton, editor of {{w The Baltimore Sun}}.
• city county, Schoharie County New York (state).
• town Texas (state) ; named for George Ware Fulton, a land developer in the area.
• town Indiana (state) ; named for Fulton County its county, itself named for Robert Fulton.
• town Alabama (state).
• village Ohio (state).
• town Arkansas (state) ; named for Robert Fulton.
• city Kansas (state) ; named for the city in Illinois.
• CDP Sonoma County (county) California (state) ; named for founders Thomas and James Fulton.
• town South Dakota (state) ; perhaps named for Robert Fulton, or for a local (railroad) employee.

Origin

• From Foulden, a village in Norfolk, from Old English fuġol ("bird") + tūn.