The helling Surname
helling Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from Healing in northeastern Lincolnshire, named in Old English as ‘(settlement of) the family or followers of Hægel’ (an unattested Old English personal name).
- English: variant of Hillian.
- German and Dutch: nickname from Middle Low German hellin, Middle Dutch hellinc, hallinc ‘halfpenny’. Compare Helbling.
- German: habitational name from any of various places named Helling or Hellingen.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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