Harrington
/ˈhær.ɪŋ.tən/noun
A surname and place name, originally meaning someone from Harrington or a settlement associated with a personal name.
Did you know?Harrington is an English habitational surname, and its earliest meaning is tied to a place-name built from an Old English personal name plus -ingtūn, the kind of ending that marked an ancestral settlement.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
Hæringtūn
“A settlement associated with Hæring’s people or estate”
Medieval English
English
Harrington
“A place-name and later a surname taken from that place”
14th Century
English
de Harrington
“A locative surname meaning “from Harrington””
Modern English
English
Harrington
“A surname and place name”
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