Surname
Hookway
“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”
Hookway is a surname from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hookway goes back to Old English hōc, meaning “hook; hook-shaped bend in a river.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English hōc (“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Similar names
If you love Hookway, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Hockley
“from the high meadow”
>99% boys
Horley
“meadow”
—
Horsley
“from the horse meadow”
>99% boys
Hernley
“from the heron's meadow”
>99% boys
Marsay
“meadow”
38% boys · 62% girls
Heyzell
“from the hazel tree”
>99% girls
Halley
“from the hall near the meadow”
>99% girls
Stockley
“from the meadow of tree stumps”
>99% boys