Given name & surname
Torrington
“enclosure; settlement, town”
Torrington is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Torrington goes back to Old English tūn, meaning “enclosure; settlement, town.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Similar names
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“enclosure; settlement, town”
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“enclosure; settlement, town”
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“beam bridge”
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“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement”
>99% boys
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“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement”
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Codrington
“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”
83% boys · 17% girls
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82% boys · 18% girls