Merrington

English

Etymology

Recorded as Muridon in the XIII century, the village in Shropshire is named with Old English myrġe (“merry, pleasant”) + dūn (“hill”). The surname could also derive from Kirk Merrington, in County Durham.

Proper noun

Merrington (countable and uncountable, plural Merringtons)

1. A village in Pimhill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4720).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Kirk Merrington

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Merrington is the 8835^th most common surname in England, belonging to 705 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Merrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 579.
• Forebears