Given name & surname · also Gaelic
Heth
“terror”·“dread”
Heth is a surname, probably from Scottish Gaelic, ultimately from Middle English.
Original Hebrewחת
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Heth means “terror” or “dread.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Heth probably comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Middle English.
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How it developed
Probably from Scottish Gaelic Áed, from Middle English heeth.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Heth appears in Genesis 10:5, Genesis 15:20.
- Genesis 10:5
- Genesis 15:20
From biblical name research
Heth’s family of names
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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