Haughton (name)

Haughton is both a surname and a given name. The name most commonly derives from its English origin, where it originated in counties Cheshire, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire.

Haughton

Origin
Word/name	English, Irish
Meaning	derived from the Old English "halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’", or from the Classical Irish "Ó hEachtair" and "Ó hEacháin".
Region of origin	England, Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Haughn, Ó hEachtair, Ó hEacháin

In Ireland, the name is also primarily of English origin; stemming from 16th and 17th century English settlers. However, the Gaelic surnames Ó hEachtair (Tyrone and Down) and Ó hEacháin (Tipperary) are sometimes anglicised as Haughton.

Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Aaliyah (Aaliyah Dana Haughton, 1979–2001), American singer and actress
• Billy Haughton (1923–1986), American harness driver
• Colin Haughton (born 1972), English badminton singles player from Denton near Manchester
• Chris Haughton (born 1992), Canadian archer
• Chris Haughton, Irish illustrator, 2011 winner of the CBI Book of the Year Awards
• David Haughton (artist) (1924–1991), British painter
• David Haughton (basketball) (born 1991), American basketball player
• Dominique Haughton, French-American statistician
• Graves Haughton (1788–1849), British orientalist
• Greg Haughton (born 1973), Jamaican track athlete
• Matilda Haughton (1890–1980), First Lady of North Carolina
• Moyra Haughton, wife of James Chichester-Clark, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
• Percy Haughton (1876–1924), American athlete and coach
• Rosemary Haughton (born 1927), theologian
• Samuel Haughton (1821–1897), Irish geologist
• Sydney H. Haughton (1888–1982), English geologist
• William Haughton (died 1605), English playwright

Given name

• Haughton Ackroyd (1894–1979), English footballer
• Haughton Forrest (1826–1925), Australian artist
• Haughton Lennox (1850–1927), Canadian politician