Given name & surname · also German
Hemp
“home”·“bright”
Hemp is a surname with more than one origin.
Original GermanHanf
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a German surname, Hemp is built from elements meaning “home” and “bright”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Hemp as a surname developed from Hembrecht.
Hemp’s family of names
In English usage, Hemp as a surname shares a linguistic root with the German form HANF. In English usage, Hemp as a surname has a related form in Hamp. In English usage, Hemp as a surname developed from Hembrecht.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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