This page lists people with the surnameLaughton. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
English versions of the surname are usually said to be Anglo-Saxon in origin and associated with the growing of leeks. This may be accurate in parts of England but does not take other narratives into account. It is entirely possible that the name Laughton has two separate roots that converged as a result of trade and other reasons. This could be connected to increasing contacts between regions such as the formation of the Hudson Bay Company in Canada, which recruited heavily from Orkney as well as from England.
Laughton is recorded as being most prolific in Yorkshire England but is also ranked as the 23rd most common surname in Orkney. This may indicate a Scandinavian origin, as both regions have historic links to Denmark and Norway dating back to the Viking invasions.
In Orkney, the name may have origins in the surname Lachtane or Lauchtain, which can be traced back to 1494 AD in the kings' records of that period. The transfer of sovereignty from Norway to Scotland occurred officially at that time but had actually been going on for decades. The immigration to Orkney of Lowland Scots loyal to the Stewart king might explain the frequent use of the surname Lachtane or Lauchtain (Laughton) in that region. There is a Bronze Age barrow mound in the Holm parish area of Orkney named "Laughtons Knowe". This is likely to have had an earlier name such as "Lachtane" or the Scandinavian "Lawthing" but it too has been ascribed the modern spelling of the surname Laughton.
The pronunciation of the name in Orkney also suggests that it probably shares its origin with the Irish Gaelic surname O' Lachtnain, which translates to "grey". The word "loaghtan" on the Isle of Man refers to the colour of a wool that contains elements of grey. The breed of sheep referred to as Manx Loaghtan is highly likely to have the same root as the Gaelic word "lachtnain". The name Lachtain is traceable in Ireland back to a St Laichtin in the seventh century and a church and well associated with the saint lasted until the Cromwellian era.
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