At a Glance
- Meaning
- Likely 'settlement of the people of a man named Beonna,' following the common Old English personal-name + '-ing-' + '-tun' pattern
- Origin
- Old English place-name pattern (English surname/place name)
- Pronunciation
- BEN-ing-tən
Bennington is an Old English place-name pattern (English surname/place name) name meaning “likely 'settlement of the people of a man named Beonna,' following the common Old English personal-name + '-ing-' + '-tun' pattern”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.
Meaning & Origin of Bennington
Meaning: Likely 'settlement of the people of a man named Beonna,' following the common Old English personal-name + '-ing-' + '-tun' pattern.
Origin: Old English place-name pattern (English surname/place name).
A common claim: "Beonna's people's town" Actually: Bennington likely means "settlement of the people of a man named Beonna," following the common Old English pattern of personal name + "-ing-" + "-tun."
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Bennington
BEN-ing-tənIPA /ˈbɛnɪŋtən/
Popularity of Bennington
Bennington doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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