Dunnington Family History
Dunnington Name Meaning
English (North and Yorkshire): habitational name for someone from Dunnington in East Yorkshire or Dunnington in Beeford (also East Yorkshire) named from the Old English personal name Dunna + -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’. Occasionally the name may also arise from Dunnington in Warwickshire recorded in 1332 as Donyngton.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022