Kingston - Meaning of Kingston

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[ 2 syll. kin-(g)(s)ton, ki-ngst-on ] The baby boy name Kingston is pronounced KIH-NGSTahN †. Kingston is of Old English origin and it is used mainly in English. Kingston's meaning is 'from the king's estate'.

Kingston has 12 variant forms. Variant forms include Kindon, Kindun, King, Kingdon, Kingdun, Kingstan, Kingsten, Kingstun, Kinston, Kinstun, Kyngston, and Kynston.

See also the related category king.

Kingston is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also perceived to be trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only sporadic use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2018, 0.173% of baby boys were named Kingston. It ranked at #117 then. Out of all boy names in its group, Kingston was the most popular in 2018. 29% more boys were named Kingston than the next ranked name, King, in that year.

Baby names that sound like Kingston include Kingstan, Kingsten, Constadine, Konstatin, and Considine.

† Pronunciation for Kingston: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; NG as in "sing (S.IH.NG)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"