Hesston
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Hesston by the numbers
Hesston was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Hesston
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hesston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hestonbrushwood settlement; place name used as given name55 in the US (2017)
- HoustonHugh's settlement; place name used as given name294 in the US (2017)
- Halstonfrom the hall stone; estate on a rocky hill34 in the US (2017)
- Hensonson of Henry; surname used as given name19 in the US (2017)
- Hustonfrom Hugh's settlement; place name12 in the US (2017)
- Heatonestate on a heath5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hesston
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