Ovington

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Ovington

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From either *Wulfa or Ofa, two Old English personal names, + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Ovingtons

countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in southern County Durham (OS grid ref NZ1314).
countable, uncountable A small village and civil parish (served by Little Yeldham, Tilbury Juxta Clare and Ovington Parish Council) in Braintree district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7642).
countable, uncountable A village in Itchen Stoke and Ovington parish, City of Winchester district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5631).
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9202).
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland (OS grid ref NZ0663).
countable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{ovington_2026,
  title = {Ovington},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ovington},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}