Given name & surname
Kingdon
“from the king's town”
Kingdon is a variant of Kingston. One English interpretation is “from the king's town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kingdon is a variant of Kingston. One English interpretation is “from the king's town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kingdon is a variant of Kingston. An origin associated with Kingston is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kingdon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 32 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 638 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.
Kingdon’s family of names
Kingdon has a related form in Kingston. In English usage, Kingdon as a surname has a related form in Kindon. In English usage, Kingdon as a surname has a related form in Kindon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kingdon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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