Headington Family History
Headington Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Heddington (Wiltshire) or Headington (Oxfordshire). The Wiltshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hedde + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead estate’ while the Oxfordshire placename probably derives from an Old English personal name Hedena + dūn ‘hill’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022