Royston

English

Etymology

From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”)

Proper noun

Royston

1. A habitational surname.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Quotations

• 1838 Thomas Miller, Royston Gower, or, The Days of King John, Henry Colburn, London, page 235:

  Royston Gower was the man to whom De Marchmont had trusted this mission; he was a hardy old soldier, one who had been to the Holy Land, and seen blood spilt as plentifully as water; - - -