Kington Family History
Kington Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Kington Saint Michael or West Kington (both Wiltshire) Kington (Worcestershire) Kington in Thornbury (Gloucestershire) Kington in Claverdon (Warwickshire) Old Kington (Herefordshire) or any of the three places called Kington in Dorset. The placenames derive from Old English cyne ‘royal’ or cyning ‘king’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022