Horton

Where Horton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Horton.

Horton through the years
  1. 1888
    Debut at its peak, #755
    #755 among boys with 8 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1908
    Horton Smith born
    professional golfer
  4. 1916
    Horton Foote born
    American playwright and screenwriter
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Horton Foote · American playwright and screenwriter, 1916–2009
  • Horton Smith · professional golfer, 1908–1963
  • Horton Holcombe Hobbs, Jr. · American taxonomist and carcinologist, 1914–1994
  • Horton Williams · Australian judge, 1933–2020

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.