Given name & surname · also Old Norse

Croston

Croston is a surname from Old Norse, ultimately from Old English.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Croston comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse kross, from Old English cros + tūn.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Croston, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Croxton

“nook”

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Old English · Nature

Crompton

“river bend”

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Old English

Owston

“east”

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Old English

Crossland

“cross”

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Old Norse

Oulton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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Old English

Ormiston

“enclosure; settlement, town”

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German

Cropley

“swelling, mound”

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Old English

Rowton

“rough”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Croston’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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