Kingstone

English

Etymology

From Old English Cynges tūn, from cyninges (“king's”) + tūn (“fort, manor, town”). Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conisbrough, Kingsville, Kingsburg, Quainton, Queenstown, Queenston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton.

Proper noun

Kingstone (countable and uncountable, plural Kingstones)

1. (uncountable) The name of various places in England:
   1. A village and civil parish (served by Kingstone and Thruxton Parish Council) south-west of Hereford, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4235).
   2. A hamlet in Weston under Penyard parish, south-east Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO6324).
   3. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3713).
   4. A suburb and ward in Barnsley, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3305).
   5. A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0629).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Kingstone is the 28863^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 130 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kingstone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 307.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Stoneking, ekontings, tokenings