Hathaway
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English
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Etymology
Two possible origins:
- A topographic surname for someone who lived by a path across a heath, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land”) + weġ (“way”).
- A metronymic surname from the rare Old English personal name Heaþuwig, which is composed of the elements heaþu (“stife, contention”) and wīg (“war”).
Proper noun
Hathaway (countable and uncountable, plural Hathaways)
- (countable) A surname from Old English.
- 2011 August 21, “Pass notes, No 3,030: Anne Hathaway”, in The Guardian:
- Yes, it must be hell. It hasn't stopped Hathaway, though. The star of The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2 is now the star of One Day, playing complicated, mousey Yorkshireperson Emma Morley.
- (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hathaway is the 1966th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18401 individuals. Hathaway is most common among White (90.3%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hathaway”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141.