First name origins & meanings:
- English: A heath or shrub
- English: Cliff near a heath
First name variations: Hether, Heathar, Heatherlee, Heatherly, Hethar, Heather, Heafclif, Heafcliff, Heaffclif, Heaffcliff, Heaffcliffe, Heaffclyffe, Heathclif, Heathcliffe, Heathclyffe, Heathcliff
Last name origin & meaning:
English: topographic name for someone who lived on a heath (Middle
English hethe, Old English hǣð) or a habitational
name from any of the numerous places, for example in Bedfordshire,
Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire, named with
this word. The same word also denoted heather, the characteristic
plant of heathland areas. This surname has also been established in
Dublin since the late 16th century.
Famous people with this first name:
Heath Ledger
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