The rolston Surname
rolston Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of various places, such as
Rowlston in Lincolnshire, Rolleston in Leicestershire,
Nottinghamshire, and Staffordshire, or Rowlstone in Herefordshire,
near the Welsh border. Most of these are named from the genitive case
of the Old Norse personal name Hrólfr (see Rolf) or
of the Old English cognate name Hroðwulf + Old English
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. In the case of the
Nottinghamshire place, however, the first element is from the genitive
case of the Old Norse personal name Hróaldr (see
Rowett).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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