Beaton (surname)
Beaton is a Scottish surname in the English language, which has multiple origins. One origin of the name is from the placename of Béthune, in Pas-de-Calais, France. Another derivation is from the mediaeval personal name Beaton, Beton, which is pet form of a of the names Bartholomew or Beatrice. Bartholomew is a masculine name, while Beatrice is a feminine name; the names are not etymologically related to each other. Another derivation of the surname Beaton is that it is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Beath.
The surname Beaton can be represented in Scottish Gaelic as Peutan, and Pheutan.List of people with the surname
- Alex Beaton, Scottish folk-singer currently living in Franklin, Tennessee
- Alistair Beaton,, Scottish political satirist, novelist and television writer
- Cecil Beaton,, English photographer
- David Cardinal Beaton,, last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation.
- Ewan Beaton,, Canadian judoka
- James Beaton,, Archbishop of Glasgow
- James Beaton II,, Archbishop of Glasgow
- James Wallace Beaton,, Queen's Police Officer
- M. C. Beaton, pseudonym for Marion Chesney
- Kate Beaton, Canadian author of the webcomic "Hark! A Vagrant"
- Mary Beaton, attendant of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Noel Beaton,, Australian politician
- Norman Beaton,, Guyanese actor
- Rosie Beaton, Australian radio announcer
- Steve Beaton,, English darts player, 1996 BDO World Champion
