Conington
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (surname): Cunnington
Etymology[edit]
From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough.
Proper noun[edit]
Conington (countable and uncountable, plural Coningtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786).
- A village in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3266).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Conington is the 48451st most common surname in England, belonging to 58 individuals.
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Conington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 360.
- Forebears
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Cambridgeshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Cambridgeshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English