Alston

Where Alston comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Alston.

Alston through the years
  1. 1894
    Debut at its peak, #857
    #857 among boys with 7 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1904
    Alston Wise born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  4. 1904
    Alston Scott Householder born
    American mathematician
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Alston Wise · Canadian ice hockey player, 1904–1984
  • Alston Scott Householder · American mathematician, 1904–1993
  • Alston G. Dayton · United States federal judge, 1857–1920
  • Alston Ryan · Antigua and Barbuda boxer, born 1993
  • Alston Koch · Australian musician, born 1951

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.