English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 8 of 16)

People of Hæsta

Dweller by a gate

Heathland

Path across the heath

Someone who made head coverings

Someone who made or sold hats

Heath farm

A form of Haven; also other origins

A dweller by an enclosure, or a pet form of Henry

Hawk, falconer

Son of Hawkin ("little hawk")

Hawk's enclosure

Clearing in a nook

From Haworth, in West Yorkshire

One who lived by a hawthorn

Hay hill

Someone who made, repaired or trimmed hedges

Someone who made, repaired or trimmed hedges

Someone who came from Hayne (hedges)

Someone who came from Hayne (hedges)

Dweller by an enclosure

Someone who came from Hanney (island frequented by wild cocks)

"guardian of hedges and fences"

Enclosed wood

Someone living by hazel bushes

Someone who came from Hazleton (homestead with hazel bushes)

Someone from Hazelwood, a hazel wood

A dweller at the hazel copse or wood

Dweller at the top of a hill or valley

A heath and woodland clearing

A dweller at, or near, a heap, i.e., hill

Herdsman

Nook / heron

Dweller on a heath

Cottage on the heath

High farm

Clearing by a plank bridge

"valley of rose hips"

A dweller by a hedge

A dweller by a hedge

Someone who lived near the hedged or fenced enclosure

Someone who came from Haliwell (holy spring), in Middlesex

A shelter-name; also other origins

A dweller at the road to Heming's estate

A dweller near the border

A dweller near the border

A dweller near the border

A descendant of Henry (home ruler)

High clearing

Home ruler

Hēahmund's clearing

High burial mound

"enclosure with rose hips"

The son of Herman (army, man)

The son of Herman (army, man)

Heron (the bird)

Army ruler

Herring fisherman or seller

Hazel valley

Horse racecourse

Easter, or young beech

The son of Hew, a variant of Hugh (spirit)

Little Hugh

From Heywood, near Rochdale in Lancashire

Son of Hick (Richard)

Wooded valley bottom

"valley of the oak trees"

High ground / tall

One who lived by a high tower

Dweller on or by a hill

From Hildegard, 'battle enclosure'

Man on the hill

Hill farm

Someone who came from. Hinckley (Hynca's homestead), in Leicestershire

"hind valley"

Servant / hind

Servant, or descendant of Eidhin

Monastery farm, or high farm

"little Hitch", from Richard

Someone who came from Hitchin (the Hicce tribe), in Hertfordshire

The servant of Hitch or Hick

Corruption of Hubert (mind, bright)

Son of Hob (Robert)

Son of Hodge (Roger)

Son of Hodge (Roger)

A swineherd or a nickname from the hog

Hill / mound

Brook in a hollow

Deep valley

Deep valley

Tenant, landholder

From Holland in Lincolnshire or Lancashire

Clearing in a hollow

Born on a holy day

Holly enclosure

Holly trees or a place name

Dweller by a sunken road

Dweller in a hollow

Islet, river meadow; holly

"clearing in a hollow"

Dweller by a wood

From a place named Holton

Honey cottage

Hood maker, or one who wore a hood

One who lived on a hook of land

Bend of land

Hoop maker for barrels

Enclosed valley

Dancer, leaper

Son of Hob or Robert

Someone who kept the hoard, a treasurer

From a place near Bolton, Lancashire

Someone from Horsley, a horse pasture

From Horton, "muddy farmstead"

Croat

Son of Hoskin

The son of little Hodge

The son of little Hodge

Heel / ridge spur

Farm on a hill spur

Of the house

Heart-brave; high guardian; hayward

From Haworth or a similar Pennine place

Dweller by a mound

A dweller at a bluff or hill

A dweller at a bluff or hill

Tall thin man

From the personal name Hubert ("bright mind")

Hudel's farm

Son of Hudde (Richard or Hugh)

Hill spur

Dweller on a hill

Peaceful warrior

Hunter

Someone from Huntington, a hunters' hill or settlement

Wooded hill

A Norman name from Houssaye, or a nickname

Son of Hutchin (little Hugh)

A dweller at the landing place or harbor

Son of Hud / Hugh

Farm on the ridge

High gate