Aldington
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Ealda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun edit
Aldington (countable and uncountable, plural Aldingtons)
- A village and civil parish (served by Aldington and Bonnington Parish Council) in Ashford district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR063365).
- A village and civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP064440).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aldington is the 20991st most common surname in England, belonging to 211 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aldington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.