Remington

What Remington means

Means “settlement by the boundary stream”

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Remington” (revision 94542951), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Remington?

US: Steady: #298 in 2015, #307 now. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 1,624 boys got the name (#230 that year). First in the US records in 1955.

How common

• About 1 in 1,546 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 30,215 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (4.22 per 1,000 boys), ID (2.67 per 1,000 boys), KY (2.05 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Remington is #307 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 65.6% of US babies named Remington were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Remmington16 US
• Remyngton8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Remington

Boys

• Jensen#282Editor’s note Up from #395 in 2015 to #282 in 2025 in the US
• Oakley#454“oak + woodland clearing, glade”^*
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Ford#474Editor’s note Up from #741 in 2015 to #474 in 2025 in the US
• Nash#255Editor’s note Up from #345 in 2015 to #255 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Carter#454“son of Arthur”^*
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Everleigh#194“wild boar + woodland clearing”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Remington’s. Rank is US 2025.