Royston

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Royston

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 1838, Thomas Miller, Royston Gower, or, The Days of King John, London: Henry Colburn, page 235:

     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; - - -

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 coastal 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.

Derived terms

• Royston crow