Given name & surname
Royston
“from Royce's town”
Royston is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from Royce's town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from Royce's town.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Royston through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 252
- 252 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,538 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,538 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 494 as a first name in 2020; 2,522 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.
Royston’s family of names
Royston has a related form in Rose. Royston has a related form in Roystown. Royston has a related form in Roystun.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Royston
- Royston DrentheDutch footballerborn 1987
- Roy RomainBritish swimmer, Olympic athlete, British Empire Games gold medallist (1918-2010)
- Royston LangdonBritish musicianborn 1972
- Royston SmithBritish politician (born 1964)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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