Houston Family History
Houston Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Houston (Renfrewshire) from the genitive case of the personal name Hugh + Middle English Older Scots ton ‘town village settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure settlement’). The landlord in question was a certain Hugo de Paduinan who held the place c. 1160. The Scottish surname is also common in Ulster. Irish: variant of McCutcheon from Mac Uisdein or Mac Uistein.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022