Goring

See also: goring

English

Etymology

From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).

Proper noun

Goring (countable and uncountable, plural Gorings)

1. A village and civil parish (Goring-on-Thames) in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, on the river Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).

   Synonym: Goring-on-Thames

2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goring is the 35345^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 637 individuals. Goring is most common among White (54.95%) and Black/African American (35.79%) individuals.

Derived terms

• Goring-by-Sea

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goring”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 67.

Anagrams

• gringo, orging