Laxton Family History
Laxton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places called Laxton in East Yorkshire Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire. The Northamptonshire placename is formed from an Old English personal name Leaxa + tūn ‘enclosure settlement’. The other examples were named with Leaxa + -ing- (denoting association with) + tūn.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022