The hey Surname
hey Name Meaning and History
- English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a place called Hey.
- Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived on a heath, Dutch hei, heide.
- German: metonymic occupational name for a grower or mower of grass, from Middle High German höu ‘grass’, ‘hay’.
- North German (Frisian) and Dutch: from a Germanic personal name formed with hag ‘fence’, ‘enclosure’ as the first element.
- South German: occupational name from Middle High German heie ‘ranger’, ‘warden’, ‘guard’ or a topographic name from Middle High German haie ‘protected wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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