Remington
Meaning of Remington
Remington comes from an English surname taken from Rimington, a village in northern England. The place name is usually explained as Old English for "settlement on the boundary stream." It is pronounced REM-ing-tun (/ˈrɛm.ɪŋ.tən/) and is used for both boys and girls.
The surname is best known through Frederic Remington, the American painter and sculptor of the Old West, and through the Remington brand, long associated with firearms and typewriters. Remington is also the name of the title character in Remington Steele, the 1980s TV detective series starring Pierce Brosnan.
In the U.S., Remington was very rare before the 1980s. It climbed from 721st in 2008 to its peak of 227th in 2019 and has slipped every year since, ranking 307th in 2025 with 1,105 babies.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as REM-ing-tun (/ˈrɛm.ɪŋ.tən/)
- Pronunced as REM-ing-tun (/rəmɪŋ.tən/)
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Notable People Named Remington
| Arthur Remington Kellogg was an American naturalist and director of the United States National Museum known for his marine mammal research. |
| Remington Schuyler was an American painter, illustrator, and writer from Buffalo, New York, named after his distant cousin Frederic Remington. |
| Remington Vernam was a New York lawyer and real estate developer who founded Arverne on land he bought in 1882, later incorporated into New York City in 1898. |
