Etymology

Ovington

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in southern County Durham (OS grid ref NZ1314). Full definition →

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The story

From either *Wulfa or Ofa, two Old English personal names, + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.