Wixon Family History
Wixon Name Meaning
English (Oxfordshire): variant of Wigston a habitational name from Wigston Magna or Wigston Parva (both Leicestershire). Wigston Magna derives from the Old Norse personal name Víkingr (genitive Víkings) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’ with Latin magna ‘great’ to distinguish the place from Wigston Parva. Wigston Parva derives from the Old English personal name Wicga (genitive Wicges) + Old English stān ‘stone’ with Latin parva ‘small’ to distinguish the place from Wigston Magna. This surname shows post-medieval alternation of -ston with -son.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022