Paddington

From the Old English personal name Padda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈpædɪŋtən/
• Rhymes: -ædɪŋtən

Paddington (countable and uncountable, plural Paddingtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. An urban area of Westminster, London, England, noted for its major railway terminus (OS grid ref TQ2681). ^[1]
   2. A suburban area in Poulton-with-Fearnhead parish and Woolston parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6389).
   3. A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area and the Woollahra council area, New South Wales, Australia.
   4. An inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

• Paddingtonian

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Paddington is the 18955^th most common surname in England, belonging to 246 individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Paddington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears