Barnston

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Beorna + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Barnston (countable and uncountable, plural Barnstons)

1. A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6419).
2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2883).
3. A community in Coaticook, Quebec, Canada.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Barnston is the 66012^th most common surname in England, belonging to 36 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barnston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 103.