# Ellington

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɛlɪŋtən/ · frequency rank #28,528

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11. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`elilngton`, `elington`, `ellignton`, `ellinggton`, `ellingotn`, `ellingtno`, `ellingtonn`, `ellingtton`, `ellinngton`, `ellintgon`, `ellnigton`, `lelington`

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