Given name & surname
Elston
“from the nobleman's town”
Elston is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the nobleman's town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the nobleman's town.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elston through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,125
- 1,120 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,055 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,055 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 50 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 673 as a first name in 2020; 5,513 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elston’s family of names
Elston has a related form in Elson. Elston has a related form in Ellson. Elston has a related form in Ellston.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Elston
- Elston Turner Jr.American basketball player (born 1990)
- Elston TurnerAmerican basketball player-coachborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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