Also it was probably based upon pronunciation and anglicization. Think about the Honeymooners TV series. When Jackie says "Norton" it sounds just like Naughton! ;-) Susan On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:18 AM, <DLCulhane@cs.com> wrote: > I suspect they were Naughton in Ireland and became Norton in the US because > that name was more common here (just as my Lohans became Logans). IFHF > unlikely > to change the spellings of names. > > Diane > > .