Edington Family History

English: habitational name from any of the three places called Edington in Northumberland, Somerset, and Wiltshire, or from Eddington, Berkshire. Edington in Northumberland arises from Old English Idingtūn, from the Old English personal name Ida + ing, denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’ (compare Ida).

In Somerset, the name comes either from the Old English male name Ēadwine or from the feminine Ēadwynn + ing + tūn. Edington (Wiltshire) is from either the Old English personal name Ētha + dūn ‘hill’ or from Old English ēthe ‘uncultivated’ + dūn.