The story
- Old English · derived frommyrġe“merry, pleasant”
- English todayMerrington
Recorded as Muridon in the XIII century, the village in Shropshire is named with Old English myrġe (“merry, pleasant”) + dūn (“hill”). The surname could also derive from Kirk Merrington, in County Durham.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishmyrġe all →
merry
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.