Kingston
Meaning of Kingston
Kingston is a boy's name of English origin, taken from a surname that came from a place name. The place name combines the Old English words cyning (king) and tūn (settlement or estate), so Kingston means king's town or king's estate. It is pronounced KING-stuhn.
Many places are called Kingston, including the capital of Jamaica and cities in Canada and the United States. In England, Anglo-Saxon kings were once crowned at Kingston upon Thames.
In the U.S., Kingston was rare until the mid-2000s, then rose quickly: 85 boys were given the name in 2005, and 893 in 2007. It peaked at No. 112 in 2021 and has fallen each year since, ranking No. 204 in 2025 with 1,725 boys.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as KING-stuhn (/ˈkɪŋstən/)
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Notable People Named Kingston
| Kingston Town was a champion Australian Thoroughbred who won three Cox Plates and 11 other Group One races, earning the 1980 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year title. |
