Kingswood
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English
Etymology
From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).
Proper noun
Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)
- A suburban town in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, to the northeast of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6573).
- A village in Buckinghamshire, England.
- A village in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7491).
- A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2455).
- A hamlet in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP1871).
- A small settlement in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0638).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Kingswood is the 10225th 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.