Eddington
English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Ēada + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Eddington (countable and uncountable, plural Eddingtons)
- A placename
- A village in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SU3469).
- A neighbourhood developed since 2014 in north-west Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, named after Arthur Eddington (OS grid ref TL4259).
- A suburban village next to Herne Bay, Canterbury district, Kent, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TR1767).
- A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
- A census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A small town in central Victoria, Australia.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Eddington is the 9539th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3408 individuals. Eddington is most common among White (70.72%) and Black/African American (23.03%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eddington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 511.
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