The Dentone Family Name

Dentone and Denton are two spellings with one history. The family name meaning is “Valley farm”, the same as for Denton. Dentone adds “e” to Denton, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Denten.

Names that sound alike, such as Dunton, are easily confused in old records.

Arms linked to Denton and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Dentone report, with a museum-style coat of arms.