Kingswood

English

Etymology

From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).

Proper noun

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

1. A suburban town in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, to the northeast of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6573).
2. A village in Buckinghamshire, England.
3. A village in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7491).
4. A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2455).
5. A hamlet in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1871).
6. A small settlement in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0638).
7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Kingswood is the 10225^th most common surname in England, belonging to 580 individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• kingwoods