Coal town or Coles settlement
Derived from an English surname, it originally denoted a person from a place called Colston. The name likely combines the Old English personal name Cola, meaning charcoal or swarthy, with 'tun', meaning settlement or town.
Less common today
Colston isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,696 in 2010.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
Former NFL defensive end
