Holston Family History

English (Middlesex and Sussex): possibly a variant of Halston which is partly a habitational name from Halston (Shropshire) perhaps named with an Old English personal name Ealh + tūn ‘farmstead estate’ and partly derived from the Middle English personal name Halstein.

Alternatively, Holston may be a habitational name from Holstone in Durham (from Old English hol ‘hole hollow’ + stān ‘stone’) or from a lost or unidentified place so called.

Probably an Americanized form of German Holsten.