New Post
Search
Help
ArchivesOrigin of Ashton
My Dad was named Ashton by his parents in 1901. I'm an Ashton as well as my son and grandson. We were Ashtons before it was cool! Where and when did the name originate and who was the first 'Ashton'of record?
1
Replies
Ashton is an Old English place name, meaning "Ash Town" ("Ash" as in the type of tree). It will have become a surname through the people who lived there ("John of Ashton" would eventually become "John Ashton"), and then will have become a first name from there, possibly because a woman gave her son her maiden surname as a first name. It's impossible to know where or when this happened first, though. For more information about Ashton, click the hyperlink.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
1