Hawton Family History
Hawton Name Meaning
variant of Haughton .from Hawton (Notts) which is recorded as Holtone Houtune Houcton and Hawton in medieval documents. The origin of the place-name is uncertain though it may derive from Old English holh ‘hole hollow’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016