The woolston Surname
woolston Name Meaning and History
- from the Middle English personal name Wol(f)stan, Old English Wulfstan, composed of the elements wulf ‘wolf’ + stan stone.
- habitational name from any of a large number of places called Woolston(e) or Wollston, all of which are named with Old English personal names containing the first element Wulf (Wulfheah, Wulfhelm, Wulfric, Wulfsige, and Wulfweard) + Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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