EVERINGTON
Everington is a surname of English origin, derived from a place name rather than an occupation or personal characteristic. The name is historically associated with the village of Everington in Lincolnshire, within the East Anglian region, although no modern settlement by that exact name remains.
The etymology of the name is rooted in Old English. It is generally considered to be formed from eofor, meaning “boar,” and tun, a term used for an enclosure, farm or settlement. Consequently, the meaning of Everington may be rendered as “the settlement of the boar.” These components are typical of many English locational surnames that preserve ancient landscape features or wildlife.
Despite the similarity in spelling, Everington is often confused with the surname Everingham. Everingham remains a place, located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, some fifty miles north of the Lincolnshire area and across the River Humber. In contrast, there is no surviving settlement called Everington. The Everington surname has its principal geographic concentration in the middle of Lincolnshire, extending from Lincoln itself toward Skegness, whereas the Everingham surname lies slightly further south, nearer Boston.
Historical documentation places both surnames firmly in the record of Lincolnshire church registers dating from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The name Everingham is also recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, which translates the place name as “the place (ham) of the Eofor people (–ing),” echoing the ancient British word for wild boar. The use of tun in Everington indicates a later development in naming, applied to a farm or settlement within the same linguistic tradition.
In addition to continental England, the surname Everington appears in early Irish settler records. For example, Allis Everington of Stainton by Langworth, Lincolnshire, was documented on 27 June 1566. Later, Edward Everington’s daughter, Elizabeth, was christened at St Michan’s Church in Dublin on 27 December 1674, a date that falls within the reign of King Charles II (1660–1685). These instances illustrate the transmission of the name beyond England and its adoption by families in the British Isles during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Typical given names associated with the Everington surname
Male
- Anthony
- Brian
- Charles
- David
- John
- Paul
- Peter
- Phil
- Philip
- Robert
- Simon
- Stephen
- William
Female
- Alexis
- Christina
- Dawn
- Elizabeth
- Jean
- Margaret
- Ruth
- Sarah
- Susan
- Teresa
Similar and related surnames
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There are approximately 525 people named Everington in the UK. That makes it one of Britain's least common surnames. Only around eight in a million people in Britain are named Everington.
Famous people named Everington
- Harry Everington - (1929 to 1)
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