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Horton (surname)

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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

  • Horton Family, multiple characters on the daytime TV Soap Opera “Days of Our Lives”

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)