Surname · also Irish
Heaphy
“descendant of Éamhthach”
Heaphy is a surname from Irish (ultimately Old English).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Heaphy goes back to Irish Ó hÉamhthaigh, meaning “descendant of Éamhthach.”
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Where it comes from
Heaphy comes from Irish, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó hÉamhthaigh (“descendant of Éamhthach”), from Old English hēope (“rosehip”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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