Covington
/ˈkʌv.ɪŋ.tən/noun
A surname and place name, especially for towns in the United States.
Did you know?Covington is an English surname and place name built from an Old English personal name plus the place-name suffix -tūn, originally meaning a settlement associated with a person named Cofa or a similar name.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
Cofa
“A personal name, likely the name of the landholder or founder associated with the place”
Old English
OE
-tūn
“An enclosure, farmstead, or settlement”
Early Medieval
OE
Cofantūn / Cufantūn
“The settlement associated with Cofa/Cufa”
Middle English
English
Covington
“A place name and later a hereditary surname”
Modern English
English
Covington
“A surname and a town name, especially in Britain and the United States”