Exning
village · Suffolk
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Exning is thought to derive from the river name Exe, combined with the Old English word 'ingas', meaning 'people of'. Thus, it means 'the people of the Exe'.
Word origins
- Ex-
- Pre-Celticriver Exe
- ing
- Old Englishpeople of(from inga "of the people of")
- ing
- Old EnglishAttestedpeople of(from ingas "people of")