Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Carrintona H2 Orm2 17 Orm1 e13

• Carintun, Karintun, Karinton(a) 12 Orm2 1191 Facs 1210 Mass H3 Orm2 1294 Earw

• Karynton, Carynton 1325,1326 Cl

• Carringtona e13 Orm1

• Carrington 1367 ChRR

• Carryngton 1500 Plea

• Carington 1293 Court

• Karington 1404 LRODx

• Caryngton 1325 ChRR

• Karyngton 1380 Plea

• Karenton 1355 BPR

Etymology

From tūn 'a farm(yard), an enclosure', with an -ing- or -ing 1 formation upon an unidentified base, cf. DEPN. Dr Barnes suggests an anglicized form of the pers.n. ON  Kári , ODan  Kari , an OE  pers.n. *Cāra , *Kāra (cf. Feilitzen 126), which would produce in ME  the characteristic wk.masc.gen.sg. form Karen - (< *Caran -), whence spellings Karin -, -en -, and by analogy -ing -. This explanation means that Carrington is not a genuine -ing - p.n. Dr von Feilitzen thinks it is a true -ing - name, and that the Scand pers.n. is not a likely basis.Caryngfeld 325infra appears to be analogous.