Conington
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Cunnington
Etymology
From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough.
Proper noun
Conington (countable and uncountable, plural Coningtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786). [1]
- A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3266). [2]
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Conington is the 48451st most common surname in England, belonging to 58 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Conington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 360.
- Forebears