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Heaphy

Heaphy proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Heaphy (plural Heaphys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Heaphy

pluralHeaphys

Origin of Heaphy

Various origins: * Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉamhthaigh (“descendant of Éamhthach”), a personal name derived from éamhthach (“swift”). * English habitational surname, from the village of Heapey, from Old English hēope (“rosehip”) + heċġ (“fence; hedge”) or gehæg (“enclosure”).

Questions about Heaphy

What does Heaphy mean?
Heaphy means a surname.
What part of speech is Heaphy?
Heaphy is a proper noun.

Words near Heaphy in the dictionary

  1. heapest
  2. heapeth
  3. Heapey
  4. heapful
  5. heapfuls
  6. Heaphy
  7. Heaphys
  8. heapier
  9. heapiest
  10. heapily
  11. heapiness

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