Barrington
English
Etymology
From either the Old English personal names Beorna or Bāra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Barrington (countable and uncountable, plural Barringtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3949).
- A civil parish of Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, which includes the villages of Great and Little Barrington.
- A village and civil parish of South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3818).
- A small village on the Barrington River, New South Wales, Australia.
- A locality in Tasmania, Australia.
- An unincorporatedrural community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A hamlet in the township of Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada.
- A suburban village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois, United States.
- A town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States.
- A borough of Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
- A town in Yates County, New York, United States.
- A suburban residential town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
- barringtonite
- Great Barrington
- Little Barrington
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Barrington is the 6928th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4843 individuals. Barrington is most common among White (79.85%) and Black/African American (14.14%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 106.