Skipton

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Skipton (countable and uncountable, plural Skiptons)

1. A market town and civil parish in Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9851). [1]
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

• Skipton-on-Swale

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Skipton is the 60960^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 330 individuals. Skipton is most common among White (92.73%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Skipton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• K-points, ink pots, ink-pots, inkpots, inkspot