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Hetherington

Hetherington proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Hetherington (plural Hetheringtons)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Hetherington

pluralHetheringtons
alternative formEtherington
alternative formHeatherington

Origin of Hetherington

Habitational surname from a minor place in Northumberland, from either Old English hēahdēor (“deer, stag”) or hǣddre (“heather”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Questions about Hetherington

What does Hetherington mean?
Hetherington means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Hetherington?
Hetherington is a proper noun.

Words near Hetherington in the dictionary

  1. Hetfield
  2. Hetfields
  3. hetgem
  4. heth
  5. hether
  6. Hetherington
  7. Hetheringtons
  8. hethers
  9. Hethersett
  10. Hethoumid
  11. Hethoumids

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