Hughstowne is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hughstowne
No. of characters: 10
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Modification of Huston. A variant of Houston, a place in Scotland meaning "Hugh's town".

Hughstowne is the variant of Houston. One who came from Houston, i.e., Hugh's town, in Scotland.

The is derivation of Hus. Dweller at the sign of the goose; one with the qualities of a goose; descendant of Huss, a pet form of Hugo that means spirit.

Variant of Houston. The ancient knightly family so called originally bore the name of Paduinan from a place in county of Lanark. In the XII century, Hugh de P. acquired the lands of Kilpeter, and built a residence there, to which he gave the name of Hugh's Town, now Houston, county of Renfrew. His descendants of that Ilk borrowed their surname from it.

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