Barnston
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English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Beorna + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Barnston (countable and uncountable, plural Barnstons)
- A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL6419).
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2883).
- A community of Coaticook, Quebec, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Barnston is the 66012th most common surname in England, belonging to 36 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barnston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 103.