Heston is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “brushwood and settlement.” In 2024 it was given to 44 boys in the United States.
Heston belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “brushwood and settlement” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Heston first appears in Social Security records in 1915. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1892 in 2016, and in 2024 44 babies received the name — 1,553 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Heston means “brushwood and settlement” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Heston is a boy name. In 2024, 44 babies received the name in the US.
Heston comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Heston first appears in US records in 1915. Its best-ever ranking was #1892 in 2016, and 44 babies were given the name in 2024.
Heston is pronounced /ˈhɛstən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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