Colston is an English surname and place name, usually explained as "Col's settlement" from an Old English personal name and tun, a farm or town. It joins the long list of surname names ending in -ton that Americans have turned into first names, alongside Colton, Weston and Easton. Colston reached number 1688 in 2010, slipped to number 3068 in 2023 and bounced back to number 1933 in 2025.