Danish: habitational name from any of several places so named
from a word meaning ‘shining’, ‘clear’, with reference to a river.Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads
in the county of Hedmark named He, from Old Norse hæð
‘hill’, ‘mound’.Dutch: habitational name from the common
place name ten Heede, meaning ‘on the heath’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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