Kingston

Where Kingston comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kingston.

Kingston through the years
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,168 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Kingston Nkhatha born
    Zimbabwean footballer
  3. 2007
    Kingston Flemings born
    American basketball player
  4. 2021
    Peak, #112
    3,410 babies named Kingston, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Kingston Flemings · American basketball player, born 2007
  • Kingston Nkhatha · Zimbabwean footballer, born 1985

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.