Goring.
A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).
Meaning & usage
A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).
A ward in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England, short for Goring-by-Sea (OS grid ref TQ1102)
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English Garingas (“people of Gara”), a short form of the various compound names with the first element gār (“spear, arrow, dart”).
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