Släkthistoria för Rivington
Rivington Vad efternamn betyder
from Rivington (Lancs) which is recorded as Rowinton Rawinton and Revington in 120 The place-name derives from the hill-name recorded as Rovyng in 1325 now known as Rivington Pike itself probably from Old English *hrēofing ‘rugged one’ (a derivative of hrēof ‘rugged’) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’. Medieval forms of this name are often indistinguishable from those for Rowington (Warwicks) but note Robertus Rivingtonman 1379 in Poll Tax (Weeton WR Yorks).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
