Hastings (name)

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Hastings is a surname of English and Irish origin, and is used also as a given name.

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As a surname Hastings may sometimes be a patronymic surname from the Anglo-Norman personal name Hasting (also Hastain), but is usually a toponymic surname from Hastings in Sussex. [1]

Separately also a common surname in Connacht Ireland, where it is thought to often be a rough phonetic Anglicization of the Irish Gaelic sept of Ó hOistín who were followers of the MacDermots of Moylurg, [2] first Anglicized as Hestin and Histon, then later Hastings. [3] [4] [5] John O'Hart in his work "The origin and stem of the Irish nation" published 1892, states the Irish Hastings origin is from the ancient Irish Gaelic name O'h-Uisgin, [6] other possible Irish sources may derive from a Norse Gaelic personal name Oistín or a phonetic version of Ó hOissín another old Connacht Irish surname, a family name that can sound regionally similar when said in original Irish. This family are most prominent in County Mayo, County Limerick, County Kerry and County Clare.

List of people surnamed Hastings

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People with the given name Hastings

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References

  1. ↑ Reaney, P.H., A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford University Press, third edition revised by R.M. Wilson, 1997
  2. ↑ "Rev Patrick Wolfe 1923".
  3. ↑ MacLysaght, Edward (1988-12-01). The Surnames of Ireland: 6th Edition. Irish Academic Press. ISBN   978-1-911024-64-4.
  4. ↑ O'Laughlin, Michael C. (2002). The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small. Irish Roots Cafe. ISBN   978-0-940134-09-6.
  5. ↑ "Surname Database: Hastings Last Name Origin".
  6. ↑ "Ancient Irish Sirnames - Irish Pedigrees". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
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