# Heston

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɛstən/ · frequency rank #34,919

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A male given name
3. A suburban area in the borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1277).

## Etymology
From Old English hǣs (“brushwood”) + tūn (“settlement”).

## Easily confused with
- **Hilton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-hilton)
- **Horton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-horton)
- **Hutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-hutton)
- **Hinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-hinton)
- **Holton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-holton)
- **Houston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-houston)
- **histone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-histone)
- **heron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heron-vs-heston)
- **hector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hector-vs-heston)
- **Hester** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hester-vs-heston)
- **Henson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henson-vs-heston)
- **Hebron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hebron-vs-heston)
- **hasten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hasten-vs-heston)
- **Heaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaton-vs-heston)
- **Hatton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatton-vs-heston)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ehston`, `hesotn`, `hesston`, `hestno`, `hestonn`, `hestton`, `hetson`, `hheston`, `hseton`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/heston