Rolston Family History
Rolston Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire):: habitational name either from Rolleston (Leicestershire Nottinghamshire Staffordshire) and perhaps Rowston (Lincolnshire) Rolston (or Rowlston) in Mappleton (East Yorkshire) or from Rollestone in Upton Pyne or Rolstone Barton in Morchard Bishop (both in Devon) or Rollestone (Wiltshire) and perhaps Rowlestone (Herefordshire) or Rolstone in Banwell (Somerset). The placenames have various etymological origins though most are named with the Middle English personal name Rolf or the Old Norse personal name Hrólfr + Middle English toun ‘town settlement’ Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’. See Rolfe . variant of Rollison shortened to Rolleson and altered by the addition of an intrusive -t- as though it were a habitational name in -ston.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022