Elrington

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from Elrington, Northumberland; first attested John Elrynlon 1474 ArchC 41

Elrington is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • AUAustralia
  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • CACanada

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Elrington, Northumberland; first attested John Elrynlon 1474 ArchC 41

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Elrington is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A hamlet in Haydon parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY8663).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Irish, Bibl

    as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Thomas Elrington, b. 1520Thomas Elrington, b. 1688Thomas Elrington, b. 1760Charles Richard Elrington, b. 1787Helen Elrington, b. 1854Christopher Elrington, b. 1930Wilfred Elrington, b. 1948Harry Elrington, b. 1993

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Elrington mean, and where does it come from?
from Elrington, Northumberland; first attested John Elrynlon 1474 ArchC 41 Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
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Elrington is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elrington”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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