Släkthistoria för Wennington
Wennington Vad efternamn betyder
from either of two places called Wennington in Lancs and Essex or from Wennington in Abbots Ripton (Hunts). The Lancs place-name is recorded as Wennigeton in 1086 and Wenington in 1212 and may takes its name from the river Wenning (of uncertain origin) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’ or it may derive from the Old English personal name Wenna + the Old English group-name suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + tūn. The Essex place-name is recorded as Winintune in medieval documents and derives from the Old English personal name Wynna + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Hunts place-name is recorded as Weninton in medieval documents and derives from the Old English personal name Wenna + Old English connective -ing- + tūn.see Winnington.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
