Heaphy

English

Etymology

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”).

Proper noun

Heaphy (plural Heaphys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heaphy is the 35537^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 633 individuals. Heaphy is most common among White (92.58%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heaphy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148.

Anagrams

• hyphae