Given name & surname
Hathaway
“heath, untilled land”
Hathaway is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hathaway goes back to Old English hǣþ, meaning “heath, untilled land.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hathaway through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 72
- 0 boys · 72 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 101 as a first name in 2020; 17,689 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hathaway’s family of names
In English usage, Hathaway shares a linguistic root with the German form Hedwig. In English usage, Hathaway as a surname has a related form in HADAWAY. In English usage, Hathaway has a related form in HADAWAY.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hathaway has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old English roots to each of them.
10 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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