Given name & surname
Skeffington
“shaft”·“belonging to”·“enclosure; settlement, town”
Skeffington is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Skeffington is built from elements meaning “shaft” and “belonging to” and “enclosure; settlement, town”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Skeffington’s family of names
In English usage, Skeffington as a surname has a related form in Skeavington.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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