The aston Surname
aston Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from any of several places in England called Aston. Most were named from Old English east ‘east’ + tun ‘settlement’. In a few cases the first element is æsc ‘ash tree’.
- from a Middle English personal name, Astan(us), which is probably a survival of Old English Æ{dh}elstan or one of the other names mentioned at Alston.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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