Eaton

Paper company name

Eaton is a proper name—both a surname and a place name appearing across England and North America.

As a surname, it derives from Old English meaning "river settlement." Several towns in England bear the name, as do communities in the United States.

The Eaton Corporation is a multinational power management company: Eaton supplies electrical components for industrial applications.

corporate

industrial

Of factories and production

automotive · electrical · Dublin · diversified · multinational · engineering · components · sustainability · innovation · Cleveland

surname

family

Related people together

clan · heritage · bloodline · descendants · relatives · dynasty · pedigree · ancestors · kinship · namesake

placename

township

County's smaller division

England · Colorado · Ohio · Pennsylvania · Indiana · rapids · settlement · borough · district · locale

academic

Eton

Elite English boarding school

uniform · tailcoat · prefect · tradition · alumni · headmaster · chapel · tutorial

Opposites
retail prestige/quality

Eatondollar store

Retailer selling inexpensive goods

bargain bin · Woolworth's · Kmart · off-brand

market positioning

EatonWalmart

Largest global retailer

dollar store · Dollarama · bargain basement · bargain bin · thrift store

canadian retail legacy

EatonHudson's Bay Company

Colonial Canadian fur merchant

Hudson's Bay · Loblaws

Phrases
Family

eats, eating, eaten, uneaten, eater, overeating, overeaten, undereating

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G