The horton Surname
horton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of the various places so
called. The majority, with examples in at least fourteen counties, are
named from Old English horh ‘mud’, ‘slime’ or horn
‘dirt’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. One in southern
Gloucestershire, however, is named from Old English heorot
‘hart’ + dun ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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