# Carrington

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #24,107

## Definitions
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10. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* The village in Greater Manchester is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cāra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Scotland is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cērihere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`acrrington`, `carington`, `carirngton`, `carrignton`, `carringgton`, `carringotn`, `carringtno`, `carringtonn`, `carringtton`, `carrinngton`, `carrintgon`, `carrnigton`, `ccarrington`, `crarington`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carrington