Widdrington
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Widuhere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun edit
Widdrington (countable and uncountable, plural Widdringtons)
- A village in Widdrington Village parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2595).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Translingual: Widdringtonia
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Widdrington is the 21453rd most common surname in England, belonging to 204 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Widdrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears