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Stoughton “house, dwelling”
Stoughton is a surname from Old English.
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Leans boys
75% boysBased on U.S. population records 25% girls
People named Stoughton in the U.S. Very rare Fewer than about 30 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Meaning & origin What it means Stoughton goes back to Old English stoc, meaning “house, dwelling.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0 )
Stoughton’s family of names In English usage, Stoughton as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Stockton. In English usage, Stoughton as a surname has a related form in STOTEN.
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Stoughton Stoten Stockton Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1 Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1 Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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Stourton is a surname from Old English.
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“enclosure; settlement, town”
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.