# Dunston

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #85,204

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A village and civil parish in North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0662).
3. A small village in Stoke Holy Cross parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2202).
4. A village and civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, south of Stafford (OS grid ref SJ9217).
5. A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2262).

## Etymology
From Old English personal name Dunn, genitive case *Dunnes + tūn (“farm”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dunston