Beddington
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Beadda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun edit
Beddington (countable and uncountable, plural Beddingtons)
- A suburban area in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ305655).
- A town in Washington County, Maine, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Beddington is the 32946th most common surname in England, belonging to 106 individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beddington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124.