DARRINGTON
Darrington is an English surname that originates from a place name situated in the West Riding of Yorkshire, near the town of Pontefract.
The place name derives from the Old English elements deor, meaning “deer”, and tun, meaning “enclosure” or “settlement”. Consequently the surname can be interpreted as “the settlement or enclosure where deer are found”.
Alternate explanations hold that the name may be related to the tribe called the Daegheard, as the recorded meaning in authoritative works on place names is “the place of the Daegheard people”. There is also a possibility that the original form ‘Darnitone’ reflects the Ancient British word derwa, meaning oak, a root found in other Yorkshire and Lancashire toponymy such as Darwen, Darent and Derwent.
The earliest known written record of the place appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is given as “Darnitone”. From this source the surname takes the form Darrington, though in more recent centuries it has also been spelled Derington, Derrington and Durrington.
Locational surnames such as Darrington were typically adopted by individuals who moved from their native settlements; the name was then applied to them in the form “from Darrington”. The first documented use of the name as a surname is found in the Hundred Rolls of Lincoln in 1273, where a man named Robert de Derington is recorded. The Poll Tax rolls of Yorkshire in 1379 contain the entry Robertus de Daryngton, providing further evidence of the surname’s utilisation during the late fourteenth century.
Typical given names associated with the Darrington surname
Male
- Andrew
- David
- James
- John
- Matthew
- Michael
- Paul
- Richard
- Robert
- Rodney
- Stephen
- Thomas
Female
- Caroline
- Denise
- Emma
- Eva
- Jane
- Jean
- Jennifer
- Jenny
- Julie
- Katie
- Kay
- May
- Patricia
- Sarah
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There are approximately 723 people named Darrington in the UK. That makes it roughly the 9,468th most common surname in Britain. Around 11 in a million people in Britain are named Darrington.
Surname type: Location or geographical feature
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English
Famous people named Darrington
- Michael Darrington - Businessman
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