Family name origins & meanings
- English : habitational name from Darlington in County Durham, recorded in c.1009 as Dearthingtun, from Old English Dēornō{dh}ingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Dēornō{dh}’, a personal name composed of the elements dēor ‘dear’ + nō{dh} ‘daring’. The surname was present in Scotland from an early period.