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{{Infobox surname
| name = Horton
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| pronunciation =
| gender =
| language = [[English language|English]]
| masculine =
| feminine =
| languageorigin = [[English language|English]]
| origin =
| derivation = "horu" (dirt) + "tūn" (settlement, farm, estate)
| meaning = "farm on muddy soil"
| variant = Houghton, Haughton, Hoghton, Hawton
| cognate =
| anglicisation =
| derivative =
}}


'''Horton''' is an [[Anglo-Saxon]] surname, deriving from the common English place-name ''[[Horton (disambiguation)|Horton]]''. It derives from [[Old English language|Old English]] ''horu'' 'dirt' and ''tūn'' 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.houseofnames.com/horton-family-crest|author= Watts, Victor (Editor)|work=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society|location= Cambridge| publisher= Cambridge University Press| date= 2004|title=HORTON}}</ref>
'''Horton''' is an [[Anglo-Saxon]] surname, deriving from the common English place-name ''[[Horton (disambiguation)|Horton]]''. It derives from [[Old English language|Old English]] ''horu'' 'dirt' and ''tūn'' 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.houseofnames.com/horton-family-crest|author= Watts, Victor (Editor)|work=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society|location= Cambridge| publisher= Cambridge University Press| date= 2004|title=HORTON}}</ref>



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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]

List of people surnamed Horton

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ^ Watts, Victor (Editor) (2004). "HORTON". The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)