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)
- A village and civil parish of West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF108833).
- A habitational surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lissington is the 8933rd 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN