Eagleston Family History
Eagleston Name Meaning
English: variant of Eaglestone a habitational name from either Eggleston in Middleton in Teesdale (Durham) Egglestone in Rokeby (North Yorkshire) Egliston in Tyneham (Dorset) or possibly Egleton (Rutland) recorded as Egleston in the 14th century. Both Eggleston (Durham) and Egleton (Rutland) arise from the Old English personal name Ecgwulf + tun ‘estate farmstead’. The name may also sometimes be a variant of Eccleston . The form Eagleston is now rare in Britain.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022