Darlington Family History
Darlington Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Darlington in County Durham recorded in c. 1040 as Dearthingtun from Old English Dēornōthingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Dēornōth’ a personal name composed of the elements dēor ‘dear’ + nōth ‘daring’. The surname was present in Scotland from an early period.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022