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Arrington

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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English

Meaning & History

From the name of a town in Cambridgeshire, originally meaning "Earna's settlement" in Old English (Earna being a person's nickname meaning "eagle").

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birds, black history, engineers, mathematicians, place names, R'n'B singers, towns
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Entry updated August 26, 2016

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