Allston (surname)

Allston is an English language surname.^[2][3] Notable people with the surname include:

• Aaron Allston (1960–2014), American game designer and writer
• Johanna Allston (born 1986), Australian orienteer
• Robert Francis Withers Allston (1801–1864), Governor of South Carolina
• Washington Allston (1779–1843), American poet and influential painter
• Charles Allston Collins (1828–1873), British painter and writer

Allston

Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	Old English
Word/name	Æthelstan
Derivation	æþele + stān
Meaning	"noble stone"
Region of origin	British Isles
Other names
Variant form(s)	Alston
[1]

See also

• Alston (name)
• All pages with titles containing Allston

References

1. "Surname Database: Allston Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
2. Reaney, Percy Hide; Wilson, Richard Middlewood (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. London: Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. OCLC 22345901. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
3. Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Vol. 1. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. OCLC 51655476. Retrieved 2018-12-21.