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Barrington

Barrington (name) means an English surname and place name, also used as a given name. Example: “Barrington served as ambassador for two years.”

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An English surname and place name, also used as a given name.
"Barrington served as ambassador for two years."

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Etymology

* As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably named after Barentin in Seine-Maritime, from Medieval Latin Barentinum, Barentini, of pre-Latin origin, perhaps of Celtic/Gaulish origin and identical with Barenton, both names from a Gaulish word related to water. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), see Barnes, Barron.

Origin: Norman

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What does “Barrington” mean?

The word “Barrington” means an English surname and place name, also used as a given name.

How do you use “Barrington” in a sentence?

Here is “Barrington” used in a sentence: “Barrington served as ambassador for two years.”

What part of speech is “Barrington”?

“Barrington” is a name.

What is the meaning of Barrington?

"Barrington" (name) means an English surname and place name, also used as a given name.

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