Family name origins & meanings
- English (Devon) : habitational name from any of three places so named. Hingston, Cornwall and Hingston Down in Moretonhampstead, Devon are both named from the Old English byname Hengest (or from Old English hengest ‘stallion’) + Old English dūn ‘hill’, while Hingston in Bigbury, Devon is named from Old English hind ‘hind’ + stān ‘stone’.