Widdrington
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English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Widuhere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Widdrington (countable and uncountable, plural Widdringtons)
- A village in Widdrington Village parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2595).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Translingual: Widdringtonia
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Widdrington is the 21453rd most common surname in England, belonging to 204 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Widdrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears