Given name & surname

Eggleston

“edge”·“wolf”·“settlement”

Eggleston is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Eggleston is built from elements meaning “edge” and “wolf” and “settlement”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Eggleston comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Eggleston’s family of names

In English usage, Eggleston as a surname has a related form in EGLESTON.

Walk Eggleston’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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Old English

Eggleton

“edge” · “wolf”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Egginton

“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Emberton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Essington

“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Edington

Edington is a surname from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Eddington

“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

90% boys · 10% girls

Old English

Ecton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

83% boys · 17% girls

Old English

Alveston

“stone”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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