Barington as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Barington

What is the meaning of the name Barington ?

The baby name Barington is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbærɪŋtən/ (BARR-ing-tən).

Barington is English in Origin.

Barington is an English habitational surname-turned-given-name linked to several villages called Barrington or Berrington. Its roots lie in Old English elements - either bere “barley,” or a personal name such as Bera/Bǣra - combined with -ing “people of” and tūn “farm, enclosure, settlement.” The resulting sense is “farm/settlement of Bera’s people,” sometimes interpreted as “barley farm.” The single‑r Barington is a later orthographic variant of the standard Barrington; Berrington is a related place-name and surname with similar formation.

As a given name, it surfaced in Britain and the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the custom of adopting surnames as first names, carrying an upper‑class resonance via the Barrington peerage. It gained further visibility in the Caribbean and African diaspora in the twentieth century (e.g., reggae singer Barrington Levy), while the one‑r spelling remains uncommon. Variants and short forms include Barrington (dominant), Berrington, Barron, Barry, and Bear.

⚙ Barington is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Barington appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.