Lissington

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Lissenden

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Lissington (countable and uncountable, plural Lissingtons)

1. A village and civil parish of West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF108833).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lissington is the 8933^rd most common surname in New Zealand, belonging to 80 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lissington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 446.