Hasty
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Two main origins:
- From a pet form of the Norman personal name Asketin, derived from Old Norse Ásketill, composed of the elements áss (“god”) and ketill (“sacrificial cauldron”).
- From Middle English hasty (“quick, speedy”), a nickname for a brisk or impetuous person, or possibly for a messenger.
Proper noun
[edit]Hasty (countable and uncountable, plural Hastys)
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, United States.
- A census-designated place in Bent County, Colorado, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hasty is the 5244th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6654 individuals. Hasty is most common among White (84.79%) and Black/African American (10.75%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hasty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 140.
Anagrams
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- English terms derived from Norman
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Unincorporated communities in Arkansas, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Arkansas, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Census-designated places in Colorado, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Colorado, USA
- English surnames from Norman
- English surnames from Old Norse
- English surnames from Middle English
- English surnames from nicknames