Hurston

//ˈhɜː.stən// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English.

Etymology

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English heorot (“hart”) or hyrst (“wooded hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) or þorn (“thornbush”).

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