Coal town or Cole's 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.
About 80 boys were named Colston in 2025.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
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