Holton
English
Etymology
The surname Holton is of English origin, and was used to indicate the geographic location where a person had lived or owned land. Persons who used it were likely from towns of the same name in Lincolnshire, Oxford, and Somerset. The placenames are derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English, the first part has various meanings including "holt," which literally meant "forest", the second part is tūn (“settlement”)
Proper noun
Holton
- A habitational surname from Old English
- Any of a number of places in the UK and the US:
- A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Kansas, United States.