Kingswood
suburban area · Hertfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Kingswood means the wood or forest belonging to the king. It is derived from the Old English words 'cyning' (king) and 'wudu' (wood, forest).
Word origins
- King
- Old EnglishAttestedking(from cyning "king")
- wood
- Old EnglishAttestedwood, forest(from wudu "wood, forest")