Stoughton Family History
Stoughton Name Meaning
English (Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire): habitational name from any of the three places called Stoughton (Leicestershire Surrey Sussex) as well as Great and Little Staughton (in Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire respectively straddling the county boundary) all of which appear in medieval documents as Stokton; see Stockton .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022