Duddington

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Duddington (countable and uncountable, plural Duddingtons)

1. A village in Duddington with Fineshade parish, East Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SK9800).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Duddington is the 39851^st most common surname in England, belonging to 79 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Duddington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 494.