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Across the world, モートン (Morton , Moten , Moreton ) is quite a common masculine given name. The first name モートン is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare male name, Israel, where it is a rare masculine name, and Canada. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, India, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, モートン is the last name as well as the forename.
モートン is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Morton Koopa Jr. , the fictional character from the Mario franchise, Super Mario World; Morton , the operatic character in the opera Robert Bruce and Morton Howes , the musical character in the musical The Idea.