Houston
village · Renfrewshire
ScotsSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Houston is a Scottish place name, likely meaning 'Hugh's town'. It combines a personal name, possibly derived from Old Norse 'Haukr' or Germanic 'Hugh', with the Old English 'tūn' (town, settlement).
Word origins
- Houstoun
- ScotsAttestedHugh's town(from Hugh "personal name", tūn "town, settlement")
Historical forms
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