Släkthistoria för Killingworth
Killingworth Vad efternamn betyder
from North and South Kilworth (Leics) which often has medial -ing- in medieval spellings (such as Killingworth about 1291 in Taxatio Ecclesiastica) or from Killingworth (Northumb) which is recorded as Killingworth in 125 The Leics place-name probably derives from an Old English personal name *Cyfel + the Old English place-name forming suffix -ing or the group-name suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + Old English worð ‘enclosure’. The Northumb place-name probably derives from an Old English personal name *Cylla + Old English connective -ing- + worð.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
