This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mRXBAIB/972.1 Message Board Post: Wooten is a place name that originated in England. It means one who lived near the woods or one who came from a place named Wootton. (Wooton, Wootton, Wootten, Wotton, Wotten, etc., etc.,)