Eggington
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (surname): Eginton
Etymology
editRecorded as Ekendon in the XII and XIII centuries, the placename derives from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + dūn (“hill”).
Proper noun
editEggington (countable and uncountable, plural Eggingtons)
- A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9525).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Eggington is the 19599th most common surname in England, belonging to 234 individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eggington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 514.
- Forebears
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Bedfordshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Bedfordshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English