Loughton
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English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Luhha + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Loughton (countable and uncountable, plural Loughtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ4396).
- A village in Loughton and Great Holm parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8337).
- A small village in Wheathill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO6183).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Loughton is the 15207th most common surname in England, belonging to 341 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loughton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 463.
- Forebears