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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Welsh : Rocky town

Girl name variations

How Popular Is The Name Carrington

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Carrington, probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Cāra + -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’.
  • Scottish : habitational name from a place in Midlothian named Carrington, probably from Old English Cēriheringa-tūn ‘settlement of Cērihere’s people’.

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