Carrington

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Corrington, Courington, Curenton, Curington, Currington

Etymology

Two main origins:

• The village in Greater Manchester is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cāra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
• The village in Scotland is named with the Old English personal name Cērihere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Carrington (countable and uncountable, plural Carringtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7492).
   2. A village and civil parish (served by Carrngton and New Bolingbroke Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3155).
   3. A northern suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5642).
   4. A village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3160).
   5. A village in Saint Philip parish, Barbados.
   6. An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri, United States.
   7. A city, the county seat of Foster County, North Dakota, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Carrington Event

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Carrington is the 2706^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13320 individuals. Carrington is most common among Black/African American (47.12%) and White (45.74%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 295.
• Forebears