Haydon
village · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Haydon likely means 'Haga's hill' or 'hedged hill'. It could derive from the Old English personal name 'Haga' and 'dun' (hill), or from 'hæg' (hedge) and 'dun'.
Word origins
- Hay
- Old EnglishAttestedpersonal name Haga or hedge(from Haga "personal name", hæg "hedge, enclosure")
- don
- Old Englishhill(from dun "hill")