Royston

Where Royston comes from

From a place name in Hertfordshire, from the medieval given name Royce + Old English tūn (“settlement”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Royston
Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,516 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1950
    Peak, #2,770
    8 babies named Royston — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1951
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

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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.