Haughton (name)
Haughton is both a surname and a given name. The name most commonly derives from its English origin, where it originated in counties Cheshire, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire.
In Ireland, the name is also primarily of English origin; stemming from 16th and 17th century English settlers. However, the Gaelic surnames Ó hEachtair and Ó hEacháin are sometimes anglicised as Haughton.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Aaliyah, American singer and actress, real name Aaliyah Dana Haughton
- Billy Haughton, American harness driver
- Colin Haughton, English badminton singles player from Denton near Manchester
- Chris Haughton, Canadian archer
- Chris Haughton, Irish illustrator, 2011 winner of the CBI Book of the Year Awards
- David Haughton, British painter
- David Haughton , American basketball player
- Dominique Haughton, French-American statistician
- Graves Haughton, British orientalist
- Greg Haughton, Jamaican track athlete
- Moyra Haughton, wife of James Chichester-Clark, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- Percy Haughton, American athlete and coach
- Rosemary Haughton, theologian
- Samuel Haughton, Irish geologist
- Sydney H. Haughton, English geologist
- William Haughton, English playwright
- W. Roger Haughton, Former CEO of PMI group
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