Houston

Where Houston comes from

Originally from a place near Glasgow, from the Middle English equivalent of "Hugh's town". Analyzable as Hugh + -s- + -ton
— Wiktionary's entry for Houston
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1855
    Houston Stewart Chamberlain born
    British-German racialist philosopher
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #442 among boys — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1901
    Peak, #318
    31 babies named Houston — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1934
    Houston Person born
    American jazz saxophonist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly American usage.
Namesakes
  • Houston Stewart Chamberlain · British-German racialist philosopher, 1855–1927
  • Houston Person · American jazz saxophonist, born 1934
  • Houston · American R&B singer, born 1983
  • Houston Stackhouse · American Delta blues guitarist and singer, 1910–1980
  • Houston Alexander · American martial artist, born 1972

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.