Language(s) | Middle English |
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Origin | |
Meaning | 1. "John's town" 2. "St John's town" |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Johnstone |
Johnston is in most cases a toponymic surname derived from several places in Scotland. Historically, the surname has been most common throughout Scotland and Ireland.
This surname is derived from the genitive case of the given name John and tone or toun ("settlement" in Middle English, literally meaning "John's town".[1] [2]