American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
"Fulton's innovative design of the Clermont proved that steam power could successfully navigate commercial river routes."
An English habitational surname, from Old English.
"Fulton is a common English habitational surname derived from Old English."
The name Fulton comes from the Old English words fuġol ("bird") and tūn ("dwelling"), originally referring to a bird sanctuary or settlement. It traveled into English as a place name derived from Foulden, a village in Norfolk.