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Houston
Means “Hugh's town”
Scottish origin
Houston comes from a Scottish surname taken from a village named after a man called Hugh. The city of Houston in Texas is named after Sam Houston, a 19th-century Texas leader.
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Houston means "Hugh's town". It is a boy's name of Scottish origin.
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