This interesting surname of early medieval English origin, found chiefly in the West country, is an occupational name for a tender of animals, usually a cowherd or shepherd. It is derived from the Middle English "he(a)rde" which is a development of the Old English pre 7th Century "hi(e)rde" meaning herd or flock.
This name is most common in southwestern Ireland. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUidhrÃn (see Herron). English: variant of Heron 1. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a bend in a river or in a recess in a hill, both of which are meanings of Middle English herne (Old English hyrne).
Meaning "from the heath cliff," or "from the cliff with heath". It was created by Emily Bronte for her novel, Wuthering Heights. Composed literally of the words heath and cliff. Heath is a shrubland consisting of open, low growing, woody plant life and is found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Home » Submitted Names.
Hebron certainly is “the Hebrew place”, since Hebron is where Abraham the “ Hebrew” settles for years after splitting with his nephew Lot. Genesis 14: 13 is the first place in the Bible where the word “Hebrew” is used, as Abraham is explicitly said to be a “Hebrew”.
The Heck name comes from the Middle High German word "hecke," or "hegge," meaning "hedge;" as such it was likely originally a topographic name for someone who lived near a hedge.
Hector (/ˈhɛktər/) is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name Hektor is probably derived from the Greek ekhein, meaning "to check", "restrain".
Finnish Meaning: The name Heikki is a Finnish baby name.
Hein Name Meaning. German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a short form of the Germanic personal name Heinrich (see Henry 1).
Heinrich Name Meaning. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from personal name Heinrich, composed of the Germanic elements haim, heim 'home' + ric 'power'. In the Middle Ages this was the most popular of personal names in Germany. See also Henry.
Heinz, is a German given name, a diminutive of Heinrich and cognate of the given name Henry.
