Family name origins & meanings
- Indian (Karnataka); pronounced as heg-day : Hindu (Brahman, Bunt) and Jain name, from Kannada heggạde, Old Kannada pergạde, meaning ‘chief’, ‘headman’ (from per ‘great’ + kạde ‘end’, ‘limit’).
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