Reston Family History
Reston Name Meaning
from Reston in Coldingham (Berwicks) which is recorded as Ristun at the end of the 11th century. The place-name derives from Old English hrīs ‘brushwood’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’. in Lancs perhaps a variant of Riston as a variant of Rishton and Rushton . see Reaston .
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016