Hailstone Family History
Hailstone Name Meaning
English:: habitational name from Hailstone Hill in Wiltshire or Hailstone Farm in Gloucestershire the former of which may be derived from Old English hālig-stān ‘holy stone’ or hagolstān ‘hailstone’ (Middle English hawelston hailston). from Ailstan a variant of the Old English personal name Æthelstān (‘noble’ + ‘stone’) with prosthetic initial H-. The first element of the Old English name developed from Æthel- to Ægel- and then to Ail-; it was often further shortened to Al- (see Alston ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022