Maxton Family History
Maxton Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place so called in Roxburghshire (Borders) named as the ‘settlement (tūn) of Maccus’. English: habitational name from a place so called in Hougham (Kent). The placename probably derives from an Old English personal name Maca + Old English stān ‘stone’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022