Hringa
Hringa is a short form of an Anglo-Saxon masculine name containing hring (ring).
Reference:
Hringa [John Gover, Sir Allen Mawer, & Sir Frank Stenton 1932 English Place-Name Society 9: 684].
Stem:
Hring = Rɪɴɢ [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 148].
Suffix:
— a = termination of pet names, such as Cutha for Cuthwine or Cuthwulf [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 1].
Explanation:
“Hringa, an unrecorded pet-form of one of the numerous OE names in Hring-” [John Gover, Sir Allen Mawer, & Sir Frank Stenton 1932 English Place-Name Society 9: 337].
Evidence:
The short form Hringa is believed to be contained within the place-name Ringhendona, recorded in 1086 [John Gover, Sir Allen Mawer, & Sir Frank Stenton 1932 English Place-Name Society 9: 337].
