Halston: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “Hal's town estate”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- HAL-stən · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Both (42% girls, 58% boys since 1880)
Transferred from an English surname and place-name, likely from a personal name such as Hal plus tun, 'settlement, estate'. Best known from designer Halston as a surname.
How popular is Halston?
Babies named Halston in 2024145
2024 rank#2,121 girls
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 18801,477
Halston is rising: use over the last five years is 7.7× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Halston
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Halston questions
What does the name Halston mean?
Halston means "Hal's town estate". It comes from English. Transferred from an English surname and place-name, likely from a personal name such as Hal plus tun, 'settlement, estate'. Best known from designer Halston as a surname.
Is Halston a boy or girl name?
Halston is used for both: about 42% of US babies named Halston since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Halston?
145 US babies were named Halston in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Halston?
Halston is usually pronounced HAL-stən.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.