Meaning and Origin of: Aston

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : A variation of August

Boy name variations

Astin
Asten

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of several places in England called Aston. Most were named from Old English ēast ‘east’ + tūn ‘settlement’. In a few cases the first element is æsc ‘ash tree’.
  • English : from a Middle English personal name, Astan(us), which is probably a survival of Old English Æ{dh}elstān or one of the other names mentioned at Alston.