Local historians have proposed various theories for the origin of the name Neilston.[4] Although the first element is likely to derive from either the Gaelic forename "Niall" (genitive "Nčill") or else from the French Nigel, there is disagreement as to whether the second element represents the English "stone" or "town".[5] The earliest mention of Neilston is in the Chartulary of Paisley Abbey, which mentions that the Anglo-Norman knight, Robert Croc of Crocstown (Crookston),[6] assigned the patronage of Neilstoun to the monks of St Mirren's in 1163, on condition that masses should be regularly said for the benefit of his soul.[4] G. W. S. Barrow suggested that the settlement may be identified with the follower of Walter fitz Alan, Lord of Kyle and Strathgryfe (and liege lord of Robert Croc), named Nigel de Cotentin
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