Herrington Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Herrington is an established spelling of the English surname Harrington. Taken at its root, Herrington points to “From Harrington in Cumbria”.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Harrington and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

How the spelling arose

Spelled with “e” instead of “a”, Herrington shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Harington.

Herrington ranked 2,491 in the 2010 US Census, with 14,498 people answering to the name. Get the complete Herrington report, with a museum-style coat of arms.