Haydon
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English
Etymology
From either Old English hīeġ (“hay”) or ġehæġ (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).
Proper noun
Haydon (countable and uncountable, plural Haydons)
- A place in England:
- A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Dorset (OS grid ref ST6715). [1]
- A civil parish in southern Northumberland, see Haydon Bridge. [2]
- A village in Radstock parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6853).
- A hamlet in Stoke St Mary parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2523). [3]
- A suburb in Haydon Wick parish, Swindon borough, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1288).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Haydon is the 14398th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2076 individuals. Haydon is most common among White (91.76%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haydon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 146.