# Remington

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/ · frequency rank #25,900

## Definitions
1. An English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
3. A town in Indiana; named for the founder of the town's general store.
4. A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland; named for early landowner William Remington.
5. A town in Virginia.
6. A hamlet in Ohio.
7. A town in Wisconsin.

## Etymology
The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`ermington`, `reimngton`, `remignton`, `reminggton`, `remingotn`, `remingtno`, `remingtonn`, `remingtton`, `reminngton`, `remintgon`, `remmington`, `remnigton`, `rmeington`, `rremington`

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