Horton (surname)

Horton
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)English
Derivation"horu" (dirt) + "tūn" (settlement, farm, estate)
Meaning"farm on muddy soil"
Other names
Variant form(s)
  • Houghton
  • Haughton
  • Hoghton
  • Hawton

Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2004). "HORTON". The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.