The story
- Old English · derived fromheorot“hart”
- English todayHurston
Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English heorot (“hart”) or hyrst (“wooded hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or þorn (“thornbush”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishheorot all →
hartHartfordHortonhartleyHartlandHartshorneHartfieldHartonHeorotHarthillHartburn
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.