Släkthistoria för Haygreen
Haygreen Vad efternamn betyder
of uncertain origin. The early spelling Hegrum tells against derivation from Hay Green (near Terrington Saint Clement Norfolk) which may have been named with Middle English hei ‘hay’ or heie ‘fence enclosure’ + grene ‘grassy area’. Association with the place-name may however have influenced its development to Heigreene and similar spellings. Hegrum might derive from the early Middle English personal name Havegrim (Old Scandinavian Hafgrímr a compound of haf ‘sea’ and grímr ‘mask’) attested in Eustacius filius Hauegrim 1202 in Assize Rolls (Lincs). With loss of medial /v/ between the vowels Havegrim would have become later Middle English *Hāgrim early Modern English *Haygrim *He(a)grim with weakly stressed -grim becoming -grum -grin(e) and -green but the absence of any later Middle English evidence makes this explanation doubtful.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016