Kington Family History
Kington Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the various places so called, in Dorset, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire. These are named from Old French cyne- ‘royal’ (replaced by Old English cyning ‘king’) + tun ‘settlement’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press