Piddington
village · West Northamptonshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Piddington is named after a personal name, 'Pyd(d)a', combined with the Old English suffix '-ingtun', meaning 'the people of' or 'the settlement of'. It refers to the settlement associated with Pyd(d)a.
Word origins
- Pyd(d)a
- Old EnglishA personal name
- ingtun
- Old Englishsettlement, village, estate(from *in-tūn "settlement of")
Historical forms
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