Eddington

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Eddington (countable and uncountable, plural Eddingtons)

1. A placename
   1. A village in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SU3469).
   2. A neighbourhood developed since 2014 in north-west Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, named after Arthur Eddington (OS grid ref TL4259).
   3. A suburban village next to Herne Bay, Canterbury district, Kent, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TR1767).
   4. A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
   5. A census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
   6. A small town in central Victoria, Australia.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Eddingtonian
• Eddington limit
• Eddington luminosity
• sub-Eddington
• super-Eddington

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Eddington is the 9539^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3408 individuals. Eddington is most common among White (70.72%) and Black/African American (23.03%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eddington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 511.

Anagrams

• tinned dog