Hannington

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Hana + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Hannington (countable and uncountable, plural Hanningtons)

  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    1. A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5455). [1]
    2. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8171). [2]
    3. A village and civil parish in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1793). [3]
  2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hannington is the 7239th most common surname in England, belonging to 908 individuals.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Hampshire)
  2. ^ Parish map (Northamptonshire)
  3. ^ Parish map (Wiltshire)
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