Barrington en · PROPN
Etymology
* As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably named after Barentin in Seine-Maritime, from Medieval Latin Barentinum, Barentini, of pre-Latin origin, perhaps of Celtic/Gaulish origin and identical with Barenton, both names from a Gaulish word related to water. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), see Barnes, Barron.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3949).
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, which includes the villages of Great and Little Barrington.
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3818).
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A small village on the Barrington River, New South Wales, Australia.
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A locality in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia.
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A rural community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A hamlet in the township of Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada.
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A suburban village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois.
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Strafford County, New Hampshire.
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A borough in Camden County, New Jersey.
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Yates County, New York.
- (countable, uncountable) A placename: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A suburban residential town in Bristol County, Rhode Island.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barringtons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Little Barrington · Great Barrington · Lower Barrington · barringtonite · Barrington Tops