"Traditional Old English name"
The name Arlington is commonly a unisex name from the "Old English" origin.
Arlington is an English place name, borne by villages in Devon and Gloucestershire among others, formed from the Old English personal name Eorl with the group suffix -ingas (the people of Eorl) and tun (farm, estate), giving the sense 'the settlement of Eorl's people'. It is also an English surname, and its use as a first name in the United States derives from the surname and from places named Arlington, notably Arlington County, Virginia.
The pronunciation of Arlington is ARL-ing-tun.
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