Eggington
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Eginton
Etymology
Recorded as Ekendon in the XII and XIII centuries, the placename derives from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + dūn (“hill”).
Proper noun
Eggington (countable and uncountable, plural Eggingtons)
- A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9525).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Eggington is the 19599th most common surname in England, belonging to 234 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eggington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 514.
- Forebears