Given name & surname
Kingsbury
“king's”·“fort, manor, town”
Kingsbury is a surname from Old English. It is used in English and French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kingsbury is built from elements meaning “king's” and “fort, manor, town”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English Cingesburg, built from English king + -'s + -bury.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kingsbury’s family of names
In English usage, Kingsbury as a surname has a related form in KINGSBERRY.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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