Message: "Shrimplin" - Behind the Name

[Surname] Shrimplin

by Robert (guest)

2/9/2009, 10:49 AM

I would like some information on the surname Shrimplin.

#Shrimplin

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- Marc (picard) +5

2/9/2009, 11:37 AM

Nothing seems to be known about the origin of this name beyond the fact that it's English

- Jim Young (guest) +4

2/10/2009, 8:30 AM

I wonder if this could be an altered form of Shimpling. There are two villages of this name, one in Norfolk the other in Suffolk. Paul Reaney cites two instances of Shimpling as a surname, both 14th century, both Norfolk. That surname doesn't appear to have survived. Shrimplin, not common anywhere, is best represented in Norfolk at the 1891 census.

- Marc (picard) +3

2/10/2009, 10:11 AM

According to the information posted at http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Shrimpling, Shimpling and Shrimplin(g) are alterations of the placename Sheringham in Norfolk. I'm prettry skeptical about this, especially since other sources such as Mills' A Dictionary of British Place-Names traces Shimpling back to Simplingham recorded in 1035.

- Jim Young (guest) +2

2/10/2009, 11:39 AM

I too favour Shimpling over Sheringham, though the intrusive R is problematic.

- Marc (picard) +1

2/10/2009, 12:56 PM

Seems like it's either that or an out-of-the-blue L. Not totally convincing either way.

- Jim Young (guest)

2/11/2009, 11:29 AM

Good point.

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