English: habitational name from any of three places called
Arlington: in Devon, Gloucestershire, and East Sussex. Earlier forms
of the place names show that each contains a different Old English
personal name (respectively, Ælffrith, Ælfred,
and Eorl(a)) + -ing-, denoting association with, +
tun ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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