Kidston

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cydd + tūn (“enclosure, estate”).

Proper noun

Kidston (plural Kidstons)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A ghost town in the Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kidston is the 149395^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 110 individuals. Kidston is most common among White (96.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kidston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 300.

Anagrams

• ink dots, ink-dots, inkdots