Johnston (surname)

Johnston (surname)

Family name
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pronunciation = John-ston
meaning ="John's town"
"John's son"
region = Scotland
origin = Scotland
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Johnston is a surname which in most cases is a habitational surname derived from several places in Scotland, however it can also be a variant of the surname "Johnson".

Etymology

#The habitational surname that originates in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. This surname is derived from the genitive case of the given name "John" and "tone" or "toun" ("settlement" in Middle English; "tun" in Old English), literally meaning "John's town". There are several similar place names in Scotland, including the city of Perth, which was once known as "St. John's Toun". This and other similarly named locations may also be sources for the surname "Johnston". [http://www.ancestry.com/facts/johnston-family-history.ashx johnston Name Meaning and History] ]
#Johnston in other cases is a variant of the surname "Johnson".

People with the surname "Johnston"

* Alan Johnston (born 1962), BBC correspondent
* Albert Johnston, Australian rugby league footballer
* Albert Sidney Johnston (1803–1862), American soldier
* Arthur Johnston, Scottish physician and poet
* Arthur Johnston (composer), American composer
* Ben Johnston, musical composer
* Ben Johnston (rugby player), British rugby player
* Bertie Johnston aka Edward Johnston (politician)
* Bill Johnston, American tennis player
* Brian Johnston, broadcaster and cricket player
* Brian Johnston (rugby league), Australian former rugby league player and administrator
* Charles Clement Johnston, U.S. Representative from Virginia
* Daniel Johnston, musician
* Darryl Johnston (born 1966), American football fullback, nicknamed "Moose"
* David Johnston (disambiguation)
* Denis Johnston, Irish playwright
* Dick Johnston (1863 - 1984), American baseball player
* Donald O. Johnston, American composer and professor
* Edward Johnston, British teacher of calligraphy
* Emma Verona Johnston, formerly oldest living American
* Fergus Johnston, Irish composer
* Francis Earl Johnston, Commander of 1st NZ Infantry Brigade, World War 1
* General Washington Johnston (1776-1833), American lawyer and politician
* Gerald MacIntosh Johnston, Canadian Broadway stage actor
* Harry Johnston, British explorer and administrator
* Harry Johnston (surveyor), Surveyor-General of Western Australia
* Jenifer Johnston, Scottish journalist
* Jennifer Johnston, Irish novelist
* John S. Johnston (c.1839-1899), American maritime photographer
* John W. Johnston (1818-1889), American lawyer and politician
* Joseph E. Johnston, U.S. Army officer
* Ken Johnston (journalist), Deputy Head of Media Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters (United Kingdom)
* Larry Johnston, Manitoba politician
* Larry Johnston (hockey player), NHL ice hockey player
* Lynn Johnston, Canadian cartoonist
* Max Johnston, multi-instrumentalist (Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, The Gourds)
* Ollie Johnston, American pioneer of motion picture animation
* Patrick Johnston (medieval courtier), producer of plays and probable lost fifteenth century Scottish poet
* Reginald Johnston, Scottish teacher of Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China
* Rita Johnston, Canadian politician
* Robbie Johnston, New Zealand long-distance runner
* Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina and Continental Congress delegate
* Tommy Johnston, English footballer
* Zoe Johnston, British singer-songwriter

See also

* Clan Johnstone, a Scottish clan

References


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