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Royston

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Royston ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from a place in Hertfordshire, named as the ‘settlement of Royce’. The latter is an obsolete variant of Rohesia (see Rose). Royston is now widely used as a given name, especially among West Indians, although the reasons for its popularity in that community are not known.

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Royston

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Royston Herts. Roiston 1286. Originally called Crux Roaisie 1184 ‘cross (Latin crux) of a woman called Rohesia’, later simply Roeys to which toun ‘village’ was added in the 13th cent.

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Royston

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Royston Barns. Rorestone 1086 (DB). ‘Farmstead of a man called *Hrōr or *Róarr’. OE or OScand. pers. name + OE tūn.

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