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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Meaning & History
Habitational name from any of several places in England called Cherington or Cherrington. The latter probably derives from an Old English personal name such as Ċeorl, Ceorra, or Cerringa, or possibly from cerring "river turn", combined with tun "town, settlement"; the former is composed of cirice "church" and tun.