Eggington

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Eginton

Etymology

Recorded as Ekendon in the XII and XIII centuries, the placename derives from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + dūn (“hill”).

Proper noun

Eggington (countable and uncountable, plural Eggingtons)

1. A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9525).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Eggington is the 19599^th most common surname in England, belonging to 234 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eggington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 514.
• Forebears