Beddington

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Beadda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Beddington (countable and uncountable, plural Beddingtons)

1. A suburban area in the borough of Sutton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ305655).

   Meronym: BedZED

2. A town in Washington County, Maine, United States.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• BedZED

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Beddington is the 32946^th most common surname in England, belonging to 106 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beddington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124.