Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Bedfordshire) : habitational name from an unidentified place. In Tudor records, the surname is generally spelled Logsden or Loggesden. It may be a variant of Loxton, name of a place in Somerset, or possibly an irregularly altered form of Roxton, name of a place in Bedfordshire (see Ruxton).
  • A William Logsden is recorded in Somerset Co., MD, tax rolls in the late 17th century.

Subscribe to Family Education

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe