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