The symington Surname
symington Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name from any of various places in southern
Scotland named with the personal name Simon (see Simon)
+ northern Middle English toun ‘settlement’. The two places in
Ayrshire of this name were both held in the late 12th century by a
certain Simon Loccard or Lockhart, from whom they presumably derive
their name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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