Meaning & Origin
A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Remenham parish, Wokingham borough, Berkshire . A small village (Aston-by-Sutton) and civil parish (without a council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire . A hamlet in Sudbury parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire . A village and civil parish in High Peak district, Derbyshire . A hamlet in Kingsland parish, Herefordshire . A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire . A village in Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire . A hamlet in Claverley parish, Shropshire . A small village in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire . A hamlet in Wrockwardine parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire . A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, South Yorkshire . A village in Maer parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire . A hamlet in Seighford parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire . A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, historically in Warwickshire . A suburban village in Hawarden community, Flintshire, Wales, contiguous with Shotton . A commune in Ariège department, Occitania, France. A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Aston, Oxfordshire.
Aston is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, from the Old English elements east ('east') and tun ('settlement'), meaning 'eastern settlement' or 'eastern farm.' As a given name, it carries the prestige of Aston Martin — the British luxury sports car that defines cool Britishness — and the distinguished feeling of English place names.
Aston has a sleek, British-cool quality that works effortlessly as a first name. The Aston Martin association gives it sporting prestige and sophisticated engineering in equal measure. A name that sounds like it arrived in a very nice car and parked precisely.