Ovington Family History
Ovington Name Meaning
English (Durham):: habitational name from Ovington (Durham). The placename derives from the Old English personal name Wulfa + connective -ing- + Old English tūn ‘farmstead settlement’. possibly a variant of Ovenden a habitational name perhaps derived from Ovingdean (Sussex) or Ovenden (Yorkshire). The placename Ovingdean derives from the Old English personal name Ofa or Ūfa + the Old English group name suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + Old English denu ‘valley’. The placename Ovenden derives from Old English ofen ‘furnace’ or ofan ufan ‘over above’ + denu ‘valley’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022