Setterington Family History
Setterington Name Meaning
from Settrington (ER Yorks) which is recorded as Setteringtona in 1122–37 and Sectrintone in 1187. The place-name derives from an uncertain first element (perhaps an Old English personal name *Sǣtere or Old English sǣtere ‘robber’) + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016