Lymington
town · Hampshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Lymington is thought to derive from an Old English personal name and a settlement term. It likely means 'Leoma's settlement' or 'settlement on the stream'.
Word origins
- Lym
- Old Englishpersonal name (Leoma) or stream(from Leoma "personal name", līm "limestone, clay, or possibly stream")
- ington
- Old Englishsettlement(from ingas "people of", tūn "settlement, farmstead")
Historical forms
Limentin · Lymington