Hailstone Family History

English:: habitational name from Hailstone Hill in Wiltshire or Hailstone Farm in Gloucestershire, the former of which may be derived from Old English hālig-stān ‘holy stone’ or hagolstān ‘hailstone’ (Middle English hawelston hailston).

From Ailstan, a variant of the Old English personal name Æthelstān (‘noble’ + ‘stone’) with prosthetic initial H-. The first element of the Old English name developed from Æthel- to Ægel- and then to Ail-; it was often further shortened to Al- (see Alston).