Paxton
An English habitational surname from Old EnglishAn English habitational surname from Old English.
Meaning
11 senses(countable, uncountable)An English habitational surname from Old English.
(countable, uncountable)A male given name transferred from the surname.
A placename:
(countable, uncountable)A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9353).
A locale in the United States:
(countable, uncountable)A census-designated place in Plumas County, California.
(countable, uncountable)A town in Florida.
(countable, uncountable)A city, the county seat of Ford County, Illinois; named for English gardener and architect Joseph Paxton.
(countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Indiana.
(countable, uncountable)A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts; named for Charles Paxton, a marshal of an admiralty court.
(countable, uncountable)A village in Nebraska; named for rancher W. A. Paxton.
(countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
A placename:
(countable, uncountable)A village in New South Wales, Australia.
Origin
From Old English *Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”).From Old English *Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”).
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