Type Surname
Usage English
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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsHemmingway, Hemenway, Hemmenway, Hemengway, Heminway, Hemyngway, Himingway, Hemmemway, Hemminway, Hememway, Hemyngway, Hemyngwaye, Hemmaway, Emyngway
Meaning & History
Probably from the name of an unidentified minor place near the village of Southowram in West Yorkshire, England, derived from the Old English given name Hemma combined with weg meaning "way, road, path". This name was borne by the American author, adventurer and journalist Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961).