Hazelton Family History
Hazelton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hazelton Wood (Essex) Hazelton Bottom (Hertfordshire) Hesselton (North Yorkshire) Hazelton (Gloucestershire) or some other similarly named place elsewhere. The Essex and Hertfordshire placenames derive from Old English hæsel ‘hazel’ + denu ‘valley’ while the North Yorkshire and Gloucestershire placenames derive from Old English hæsel + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. See also Hazeltine .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022