Beddington
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English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Beadda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Beddington (countable and uncountable, plural Beddingtons)
- A suburban area in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ305655).
- Meronym: BedZED
- A town in Washington County, Maine, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Beddington is the 32946th most common surname in England, belonging to 106 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beddington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124.