Kingston
suburban area · Dorset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Kingston means the town or settlement belonging to the king. It is derived from the Old English words 'cyning' (king) and 'tūn' (a town, village, or farmstead).
Word origins
- King
- Old EnglishAttestedking(from cyning "king")
- ston
- Old EnglishAttestedtown, settlement, farmstead(from tūn "town, settlement, farmstead")