Etherington Family History
Etherington Name Meaning
English:: in northern England a variant of Hetherington . in southern England perhaps a variant of the now extinct surname Atherington a habitational name from Atherington (Sussex). The placename is from the Old English personal name Ēadhere + -ing (connective particle) + tūn ‘estate settlement’. This surname seems to have lost its medial -ing-. See Etherton .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022