Royston
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”)
[edit] Proper noun
Royston
- A habitational surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
[edit] Quotations
- 1838 Thomas Miller, Royston Gower, or, The Days of King John, Henry Colburn, London, 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; - - -
