O'Hea Family Crest, Coat of Arms & O'Hea Name Origin

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Origin of the Name O'Hea

The O'Hea family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'descendant of Hugh', O'Hea is a baptismal name of great antiquity. Variants include Hugh, Hayes and O'Hae. This name is of Anglo-Norman descent spreading to Ireland , Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in these countries. Examples of such are a Edde Hugh who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273. A William, son of Hugh, was recorded as being the Burgess of Aberdeen, Scotland , in the year 1189. A John Hughe, County Somerset, was recorded in 'Kirby's Quest', in the reign of Edward III. A Richard Hewes was recorded in the 'Valor Ecclesiasticus' in the thirteenth century. In Ireland O'Hea is one of several anglicized forms of the O'hAodha Gaelic name, being found in Ulster as Hughes. One sept called O'Hea was located in the western part of Cork but the most powerful was a Dalcassian sept of Thomond, now chiefly associated with Limerick and Tipperary.