Hastings (name)

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

Surnames

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] It is a common surname in 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 Connacht, first Anglicized as Hestin and Histon, then later Hastings.[2][3] The Irish version derives from a Norse Gaelic personal name Oistín. This family are most prominent in County Mayo, County Limerick, County Kerry and County Clare.

List of people surnamed Hastings

Fictional

People with the given name Hastings
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See also

References
  1. Reaney, P.H., A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford University Press, third edition revised by R.M.Wilson, 1997
  2. O'Laughlin, Michael C. The Book of Irish Families: Great & Small. 1992,1997. https://books.google.com/books?id=mZt3oGtk1KgC&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=hastings+name+origin+ireland&source=bl&ots=or2uCkRlzo&sig=Sgl41XT7vZg4RW3U37omipxh_Y0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eKRIUaCaIcrl4APWzYDYDg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=hastings%20name%20origin%20ireland&f=false,
  3. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Hastings


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