Quarrington
English
Etymology
Recorded as Corninctune in the Domesday Book, the name derives from Old English cweorn (“quern”) + -ing + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Quarrington (countable and uncountable, plural Quarringtons)
- A suburban village in Sleaford parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0544).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Quarrington is the 23420th most common surname in England, belonging to 179 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Quarrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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