Epping

English

Etymology

From Old English yppe (“upland”) + ing (“meadow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪŋ/

Proper noun

Epping (countable and uncountable, plural Eppings)

1. A market town and civil parish in Epping Forest district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL455025).
   • 2025 August 20, “The Guardian view on the Epping hotel ruling: asylum seekers must not be treated as pariahs in a Faragian Britain”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     His call for nationwide demonstrations “to get the illegal immigrants out”, in the wake of the Epping ruling, underlines that the migrant debate in Britain is now more toxic than at any point since the 1970s.

2. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
3. A city in Williams County, North Dakota, United States.
4. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
5. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia.
6. An industrial area of Cape Town, Western Cape province, South Africa.
7. A commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
8. A habitational surname.

Derived terms

• Epping Forest
• North Epping

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Epping is the 36048^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 622 individuals. Epping is most common among White (95.82%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Epping”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 531.

Anagrams

• pigpen

French

Proper noun

Epping ?

1. a commune of Moselle department
2. Epping (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
3. Epping (a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)