Kingston Family History
Kingston Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England called Kingston or Kingstone. Almost all of them derive from Old English cyning cing ‘king’ (genitive cyninges cinges) + tūn ‘farmstead estate’ though some have a different etymology such as Kingston on Soar in Nottinghamshire which derives from Old English cyne ‘royal’ + stān ‘stone’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022