Barrington
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning barley farm settlement.
Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Barrington by the numbers
Barrington was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 43 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Barrington, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
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