Heath Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Heath Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Heath

The origin of the name Heath was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'at the heath', this is a locational name'. The same name also denoted heather, the characteristic plant that inhabited the heaths. Variants include Heather and Heathman. This name is of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland , Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout the above islands. Examples of such are a John de la Hethe, Wiltshire, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273 and a Robert del Heth, was recorded in the 'Poll Tax', of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the year 1379. A John Heather and Elizabeth Armet, were married in Saint Mary, Aldermary, in the year 1633, and a William Heather and Hannah Dine, were married in Saint Georges, London, in the year 1788. In Ireland the name is found in small numbers having been introduced there centuries ago.