Derived from Old Norse magn "mighty, strong" and hildr "battle". This was the name of a novel by the Norwegian author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
Morton Name Meaning. English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places called Mor(e)ton, named in Old English as 'settlement (tun) by or on a marsh or moor (mor)'. Swedish: variant of Martin. French: contracted form of Moreton 2.
