Reddington
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Redington
Etymology
Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in England, from the Old English personal name Rēada + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Reddington (countable and uncountable, plural Reddingtons)
- A surname from Old English.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Indiana, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Reddington is the 16087th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1800 individuals. Reddington is most common among White (96.06%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Reddington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.