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    Sutton

    SUT-un

    English
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Southern settlement; South town
    Origin
    English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Sutton does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Southern settlement; South town", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Sutton.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Sutton is planted by the waters — roots spreading, fruit in season, trust as the foundation, the settled soul whose hope is the LORD alone.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Jeremiah 17:7-8

      "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river."

    • Psalm 1:3

      "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season."

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