Haydon

English

Etymology

From either Old English hīeġ (“hay”) or ġehæġ (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).

Proper noun

Haydon (countable and uncountable, plural Haydons)

1. A place in England:
   1. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Dorset (OS grid ref ST6715).
   2. A civil parish in southern Northumberland, see Haydon Bridge.
   3. A village in Radstock parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6853).
   4. A hamlet in Stoke St Mary parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2523).
   5. A suburb in Haydon Wick parish, Swindon borough, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1288).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Haydon Bridge
• Haydon Wick

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Haydon is the 14398^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2076 individuals. Haydon is most common among White (91.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haydon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 146.