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Type Surname (from location)
Other Forms FormsÓ hOistín, Hasting, Haston, Hasten, Austin, Astin, Austen, Asten, Astyn, Astyne, Augustine, Harestane, Hairston, Haistings, Haisting, Heastings, Hestings, Austing, Hesdon, Hesdin, Hestin, Histon, Histin, Heaston, Hayston, Haiston, Austyn, Augustin, Augustyn, Awgustyn, Autin
Meaning & History
Derived from Heston, a suburban area in West London (historically in Middlesex), or Histon, a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It is either named with Old English hǣs meaning "brushwood" and tūn meaning "farmstead, settlement, estate", or from hyse "shoot, tendril, son, youth" and tūn. As an Irish name, it is a variant of Hastings. A famous bearer was the American actor and political activist Charlton Heston (1923-2008).