HOUSTON  

Gender: M
Origin: Scottish
Meaning: "Hugh’s town"

Popularity in 2008: #880

Looking for a Texas name more distinctive than Austin and Dallas? Houston is a lanky, roguish place-name, right in style with its Texas accent and cowboy image.

Nicknames & Variations:
Hewson, Huston, Hutcheson, Hutchinson

Houston is being discussed in our message boards:

• A Duggarlike Game
• A Very Long Baby Name Game
• A brother or sister for little Jack or Olivia
• Build a sibling set together!
• Fallon: Dated or Cool?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Houston:

• MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NAMES
• SCOTTISH SURNAMES: Beyond Campbell and Cameron
• NAMES OF THE NEW WEST