Kyngston is a y spelling of Kingston, an English place name that means "king's town" or "king's settlement", from the Old English cyning and tun. Kingston is also the capital of Jamaica, and the name took off for American boys after the singer Gwen Stefani chose it for her son in 2006. Kyngston climbed from number 3003 in 2015 to number 1538 in 2020, its best rank, and stands at number 2373 in 2025.