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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsHaworth

Meaning & History

"From a hedged estate", from Old English haga ("hedge, haw") and worð ("farm, estate"). Likely originating from the Yorkshire village of the same name. Common in Lancashire and recorded from at least 1518, as Howorthe, with an earlier version of Hauewrth in Gouerton dated 1317 recorded in the Neubotle charters.
Added 6/2/2019 by Horus
Edited 6/5/2019 by Sofia and horus