Arlington
/ˈɑːrlɪŋtən/noun
A place name and surname, most famously the name of locations in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Did you know?Like many English place names ending in -ton, Arlington began as a settlement name, preserving an Old English clan identity long after the original people vanished from memory.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
Ærlingtūn
“the settlement or farmstead associated with Ærlinga’s people”
Early Medieval
OE
Ærlingas
“a group or family descended from, or associated with, a person called Ærla/Ærling”
Old English
OE
tūn
“an enclosure, farm, or settlement”
Middle English
ME
Arlyngton / Arlington
“a place-name in evolving local spelling forms”
Modern English
EN
Arlington
“a surname and place name”