All around the world, Houghton (Houghton 
, Хотон 
, Хоутон ) is a rare mostly masculine, but uncommonly girly first name. The first name Houghton is characteristic of the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, the United States, where it is a very rare male name, and Nigeria, where it is an extremely rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, China, and Nigeria. Predominantly, Houghton is the last name as well as the forename.
Houghton is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Kate Beckett , the fictional character in the crime series Castle.
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douglass houghton American geologist, US (b. 1809) |
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sherman otis houghton United States Army officer (1828-1914), US (b. 1828) |
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| merritt dana houghton American artist, US (b. 1846) |
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norris houghton American theatre manager, US (b. 1909) |
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buck houghton American television producer and director, US (b. 1915) |
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| harris a. houghton American lawyer and translator of the Protocols of Zion (1874-1946) (b. 1874) |
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| amory houghton American diplomat, US (b. 1899) |
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| roy houghton association football player (born 1921), GB (b. 1921) |
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| graham houghton New Zealand scholar (b. 1937) |
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| blair houghton Peerage person ID=216832 |
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| douglass houghton AB Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1829 |
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| humphrey houghton Peerage person ID=556034 |
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| lewis houghton GB (b. 1971) |
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| emmerson houghton human (b. 1999) |
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