Conington

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Cunnington

Etymology

From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough.

Proper noun

Conington (countable and uncountable, plural Coningtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786).
   2. A village in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3266).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Conington is the 48451^st most common surname in England, belonging to 58 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Conington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 360.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• connoting