Remington

Where Remington comes from

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Remington
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1892
    Remington Kellogg born
    American zoologist
  2. 1955
    First appearance
    #3,886 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2019
    Peak, #227
    1,658 babies named Remington — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Remington Kellogg · American zoologist, 1892–1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.