Given name & surname
Wilmington
“belonging to”
Wilmington is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wilmington goes back to Old English -ing, meaning “belonging to.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English -ing (“belonging to”), from Old English tūn (“homestead, settlement”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wilmington’s family of names
Wilmington may belong to the same name family as WILLMINGTON. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
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“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement”
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“guard”
82% boys · 18% girls
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“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”
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Warburton
“enclosure; settlement, town”
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