Kingston ni jina la miji mbalimbali duniani. Asili ya jina ni Kiingereza "King's Town" yaani "mji wa mfalme". Nchini Uingereza kuanzishwa kwa mji ulihitaji kibali cha mfalme wa nchi. Hivyo tamko la "mji wa mfalme" likawa sehemu ya jina la mji mara kadhaa. Waingereza kutoka miji mbalimbali iliyoitwa "Kingston" walipeleka jina hili kote duniani walipoanzisha miji katika koloni zao au kutoa majina mapya kwa miji ya koloni. Kingston (Jamaika) - mji mkuu Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Thames karibu na London Kingston, Cambridgeshire Kingston, Devon Kingston, Dorset Kingston near Lewes - East Sussex Kingston, Hampshire Kingston, Portsmouth - Hampshire Kingston, Isle of Wight Kingston, Kent Kingston Bagpuize - Oxfordshire Kingston Blount - Oxfordshire Kingston by Ferring - West Sussex Kingston by Sea - West Sussex Kingston Deverill - Somerset Kingston Lisle - Oxfordshire Kingston on Soar - Nottinghamshire Kingston, East Lothian Kingston, Moray Kingston Bridge, Tradeston, Glasgow Kingston