Entry № 3188 · English origin

Remington Remington — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ REM-ing-ton /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Ridge town (Remington firearms + modern given name)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 580
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "ridge town (remington firearms + modern given name)".

Remington is from the Old English *Rimmington* — "ridge town." **A modern American baby name in the top-1000 since 2018 (unisex; rising for girls)**. **Frederic Remington (1861-1909)** — **American artist and sculptor; one of the most-acclaimed painters of the American West; produced 3,000+ paintings, drawings, and sculptures; his work — including *The Bronco Buster* (1895) — defined the visual iconography of the American frontier and cowboy mythology that shaped American identity through the 20th century**. **Remington Arms** — major American firearms manufacturer founded 1816; one of the oldest US gun manufacturers. **Remington Steele (1982-1987)** — NBC TV series with Pierce Brosnan in the title role; launched his career before James Bond. **Remington Hill** — American TikTok creator. **Remington Klein** — modern celebrity baby name. The name's surge in modern American naming reflects the broader 2010s-2020s American taste for surname-and-place-name choices that evoke Western frontier heritage (Remington, Carson, Wyatt, Wilder, Maverick). **The Remington Award** is given annually by the Cowboy Hall of Fame. **Remington Rand** — American typewriter manufacturer; merged with Sperry in 1955.

Featured throughout American Western art and modern naming.

Ridge town. Frederic Remington — 3,000+ paintings defined the American frontier visual identity.

The name in its native script.

Remington
Transliteration
Remington
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɛm.ɪŋ.tən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Remington stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 580 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 580 in 2024
Babies named Remington · last year
460 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
2018
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #580 NOW · #580

Remingtons before her.

Real people
Frederic Remington
American Western artist.
1861 – 1909
In fiction
Remington Steele
NBC TV series.
1982

Names connected to Remington.

The number behind Remington.

3

The Communicator

Remington reduces to three.

Why families chose this name.

"Remington's West. Nine letters. Remington."
Catherine · Mother of one · Cody