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merrington

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mer-ring-ton
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Pimhill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4720).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Recorded as Muridon in the XIII century, the village in Shropshire is named with Old English myrġe (“merry, pleasant”) + dūn (“hill”). The surname could also derive from Kirk Merrington, in County Durham.

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Merringtons (plural)

Phrases

Kirk Merrington

Questions

What does merrington mean?
A village in Pimhill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4720).
Where does merrington come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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