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Name Wellington
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Habitational name from any of the three places named Wellington, in Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Somerset. All are most probably named with an unattested Old English personal name WEOLA + -ing- (implying association with) + tun ‘settlement’.
Added 3/19/2009 by LMS