Clinton

"Settlement by the Glyme" — an English place-name that became a byword for American political ambition

Clinton is an English habitational surname derived from the village of Glympton in Oxfordshire, itself named after the River Glyme with the Old English tun (settlement). The de Clinton family came to England with the Norman Conquest and became prominent in the 12th century. As a given name, Clinton flourished in the United States where it was associated with DeWitt Clinton, the influential New York governor who championed the Erie Canal. The name reached its peak in the mid-20th century and carries a distinctly American political resonance.