Given name & surname
Carrington
“a beautiful woman; a woman of Carrington”·“from the rocky town”
Carrington is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a beautiful woman; a woman of Carrington” (English) and “from the rocky town” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a beautiful woman; a woman of Carrington” (English) and “from the rocky town” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carrington through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,481
- 1,818 boys · 2,663 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 275 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #6,592 for girls · #6,876 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 32% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,592 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 46.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 197 in 2000. It also appeared in 12 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,721 as a first name in 2020; 12,082 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carrington’s family of names
Carrington has a related form in Carington. Carrington has a related form in Carringten. Carrington has a related form in Carringtun.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Caringtonvariant
- Couringtonvariant · English
- Curingtonvariant · English
- Curringtonvariant · English
- Carryngtenvariant
- Carringtenvariant
- Carryngtunvariant
- Carringtunvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Carrington
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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