About Houston
The name Houston is of Scottish origin and is derived from the Old English words "hoh" meaning "hill" and "tun" meaning "settlement." Therefore, the name Houston can be interpreted to mean "hill settlement" or "settlement on the hill."
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Most individuals with the name Houston are male.
The popularity of the name has decreased by -14.53% over the past year.
Here's how to represent Houston in Braille, with each pattern of raised dots corresponding to a letter of the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Houston using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.