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Updated March 26, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • English : A heath or shrub

Girl name variations

Heather

Heather

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Hether

Hether

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Heathar

Heathar

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Heatherlee

Heatherlee

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Heatherly

Heatherly

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Hethar

Hethar

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Cliff near a heath

Boy name variations

Heathcliff

Heathcliff

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Heafclif

Heafclif

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Heafcliff

Heafcliff

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Heaffclif

Heaffclif

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Heaffcliff

Heaffcliff

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Heaffcliffe

Heaffcliffe

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Heaffclyffe

Heaffclyffe

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Heathclif

Heathclif

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Heathcliffe

Heathcliffe

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Heathclyffe

Heathclyffe

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How Popular Is The Name Heath

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : topographic name for someone who lived on a heath (Middle English hethe, Old English hǣð) or a habitational name from any of the numerous places, for example in Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire, named with this word. The same word also denoted heather, the characteristic plant of heathland areas. This surname has also been established in Dublin since the late 16th century.

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