English: habitational name from an unidentified place. It may be a
metathesized spelling of Erdington in the West Midlands, which
derives its name from the Old English personal name
Eanred + Old English tun ‘enclosure’,
‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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