Doddington
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Doddington is an Old English place name meaning 'the settlement of Dodd's people'. It is formed from a personal name and a word for a settlement or homestead.
Word origins
- Dodding
- Old Englishbelonging to Dodd(from Dodd "a personal name", -ing "possessive suffix")
- tun
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from tun "enclosure, settlement")
Historical forms
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