masculine Alton

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Origin:
old english (anglo-saxon)
Name Root:
eald tūn > Alton
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This name is of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) origin, composed of two elements: “eald” (old) plus “tūn” (settlement, village, town). The name means “one who lives in the old village.” Alton is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It has a population of 17,816 according to the 2011 census and is administered by the east Hampshire district council (Ehdc).

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Numerological Values: #8

A person with name-number 8 is ambitious, confident, practical and has a great ability to execute plans. They are achievers and seek to reach the top of their field through hard work.

Chakra Number: #8
Chakra "Etheric Body"

At the base of the skull or Cerebellum and is also found to be linked to the causal chakra just above the crown chakra to the left in the etheric body. This center enables the individual to achieve advanced out-of-body projection, etheric projection, spiritual perception, and spiritual wisdom. I use the word spiritual here because these abilities and ideas are larger than the self and the earth and is were the ability of remote viewing resides.

Color meaning: Black

Black is the color of the hidden, the secretive and the unknown, creating an air of mystery. It keeps things bottled up inside, hidden from the world. In color psychology the meaning of the color black is protection from external emotional stress. It creates a barrier between itself and the outside world, providing comfort while protecting its emotions and feelings, and hiding its vulnerabilities, insecurities and lack of self-confidence. In times of fear and uncertainty black contains the energy of the threatening unknown. In a positive state, black is seen as a restful emptiness into which anything may emerge and disappear once again. It is also mysterious, providing a sense of potential and possibility.

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Alton Ochsner (1896–1981), American surgeon and medical researcher
Alton R. Waldon, Jr. (born 1936), American politician
Alton Thelwell (born 1980), English footballer
Alton Tobey (1914–2005), American artist and teacher of art
Alton W. Knappenberger (1923–2008), U.S. Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II