Remington is a distinctive boys' name in England & Wales, ranking #2008 in 2023 with 11 recorded births. This places Remington in the top 31% of ranked UK boys' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2021 with 16 births ranking #1516. In 2023, approximately 1 in every 25,150 boys born was named Remington. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Remington is a surname-style given name from an English place name. Behind the Name traces it back to Rimington in Lancashire and gives the place meaning as "settlement on the Riming stream".
The name moved into first-name use through surname tradition. The source also notes that some usage may have been influenced by the Remington firearms family and company, so the name carries both place-name and surname associations.