Newton

(male) Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of the very numerous places so called, from Old English nēowe ‘new’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. This is said to be the commonest of all English place names. The most famous bearer of the surname is probably Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), the English scientist. As a given name it was modestly popular in the United States in the early part of the 20th century but has since fallen from favour.