Alston (name)

Family name |name = Alston

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pronunciation = |meaning = "noble stone", "elf stone", "old stone", "shrine stone", "temple stone"
region =British Isles |language = Old English
related names = Allston, Alstone
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Alston is an English language surname of Anglo-Saxon origin with several derivations. It may have evolved from the Middle English given name "Alstan", the prefix, "Al-" itself derived from different Old English words ("noble", "elf", "old", "shrine", "temple"), and the suffix "-stan" ("stone") derived from pre 7th century Old English. The oldest public record of this derivation is found in 1279 in Cambridgeshire. Alston also evolved as a locational surname from villages named Alston (or Alstone) in Devonshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Somerset, and Staffordshire. The oldest public records of the locational surname in these villages are during the period of 1221 1246. [cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Alston |title=Surname: Alston |accessdate=2008-05-13 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=surnamedb.com] An alternate meaning is "from the old manor". People with the surname include:

Surname

*Adrian Alston, Australian footballer
*Arthur Hugh Garfit Alston, botanist
*Ashanti Alston, former Black Panther
*Charles Alston, artist
*Rafer Alston, basketball player
*Richard Alston (choreographer)
*Tom Alston, Major League Baseball player
*Walter Alston, Major League Baseball player and manager
*William Alston, philosopher
*Willis Alston, U.S. Congressman alston -tae

Given name

*Alston Scott Householder, mathematician

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