Royston

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proper noun

A habitational surname from Old English.

OriginOld English tūn →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

    Royston Gower was the man to whom De Marchmont had trusted this mission; he was a hardy old soldier, one who had been to the Holy Land, and seen blood spilt as plentifully as water; - - -

    1838, Thomas Miller, Royston Gower, or, The Days of King John, London: Henry Colburn, page 235
  3. A town and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England, on the Cambridgeshire border (OS grid ref TL3541).
  4. A large village in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3611).
  5. A suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6066).
  6. A seaside hamlet on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
  7. A city in Franklin County, Hart County and Madison County, Georgia, United States.
  8. A ghost town in Fisher County, Texas, United States.

Origin

  1. Old Englishtūn“settlement”
  2. EnglishRoyston

From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Royston. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Royston

MLA

“Royston.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Royston. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Royston,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Royston.

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