Mortoun Family Crest & Name History

Mortoun is how some branches of the Morton family came to write their name. Its meaning, shared with Morton, is “Settlement on the moor”.

• Related forms: Moorton and Moreton.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Records show Mortoun as one of the forms Morton took over time.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Morton and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Mortoun family name pack.