About: Brighton. The baby name Brighton of hebrew origin means the one who is loved. The Huggies Baby Name Finder can help you create a list of popular baby names including Brighton and then let you share with family and friends. You might also consider similar names to Brighton which include Brigham.
Creighton Name Meaning. Scottish and Irish: habitational name from Crichton, near Edinburgh, first recorded c.1128 in the form Crectune, in 1287 as Crecton, and in 1360 as Creychtona. The name is probably an early hybrid compound of Old Welsh creic 'rock' + Older Scots tun 'farm', 'settlement' (Old English tun).
English Meaning: The name Leighton is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Leighton is: Herb garden. From the meadow farm. A surname and place name.
The first family to use the name Crighton lived near a border. This surname came from the Gaelic word crioch and the Old English word tune, which mean border and farm or settlement, respectively.
Broughton Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts of England called Broughton. The first element is variously Old English broc 'brook', burh 'fortress', or beorg 'hill', 'mound'; the second is in all cases Old English tun 'enclosure', 'settlement'.
The ancestors of the Houghton family brought their name to England in the wave of migration after the Norman Conquest of 1066. They lived in Haughton, Cheshire. The name of this place derives from the Old English word halh, which means nook or recess, and tun, which means village or settlement.
In ancient Scotland, the ancestors of the McNaughton family were part of a tribe called the Picts. The name McNaughton is derived from the Pictish name Nechtan. The Gaelic form of the name is Mac Neachdainn, which means son of Nechtan.
Naughton (/ˈnɔːtən/ or /ˈnɔːxtən/) is an Irish gaelic surname derived from the name Ó Neachtain meaning 'descendent of Nechtan'. A Sept of the Dal gCais of the same stock as Quinn and Hartigan where located in Inchiquin Barony, County Clare.
