Släkthistoria för Heathwaite
Heathwaite Vad efternamn betyder
variant of Huthwaite; compare William Heathwaite William Huthwaite 1672 in Hearth Tax (York). Some of the early bearers below may belong under (2). perhaps occasionally from Heathwaite in Beetham (Westm) or Heathwaite in Windermere (Westm). The place-names may derive from Old Scandinavian hó(r) a variant of há(r) ‘high’ + þveit ‘clearing meadow paddock’.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
