English Explanatory Dictionary

Ovington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A placename in England:
  2. A village and civil parish in southern County Durham (OS grid ref NZ1314).
  3. A small village and civil parish (served by Little Yeldham, Tilbury Juxta Clare and Ovington Parish Council) in Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7642).
  4. A village in Itchen Stoke and Ovington parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5631).
  5. A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9202).
  6. A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0663).
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Ovington Ovingtons

Etymology

From either *Wulfa or Ofa, two Old English personal names, + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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