The carrington Surname
carrington Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Carrington, probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Cara + -ing- denoting association + tun ‘settlement’.
- Scottish: habitational name from a place in Midlothian named Carrington, probably from Old English Ceriheringa-tun ‘settlement of Cerihere’s people’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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