Given name & surname

Laughton

“from the town on the hill”

Laughton is a variant of Lawton. One English interpretation is “from the town on the hill.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Laughton is a variant of Lawton. One English interpretation is “from the town on the hill.”

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Where it comes from

Laughton is a variant of Lawton. An origin associated with Lawton is English.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Old English lēac (“leek”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Laughton’s family of names

Laughton has a related form in Lawton.

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