Betydning
Benton comes from the Old English words "beonet" meaning "bent grass" and "tun" meaning "enclosure" or "settlement". It was originally used as a surname for people who lived near a settlement surrounded by bent grass.
Transferred use of the surname originating from a Northumberland place-name meaning “a town or enclosure where bent grass grows.” Short: Ben. Pet: Benny. (BENT-UN, BEN-TUN)
(English) Ben’s town; town on the moors.
Town in the bent grass
(English) formidable
