Släkthistoria för Heffer
Heffer Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English heifer heifor (Old English hēafore hēafre) ‘heifer young cow’ apparently attested in the 1327 example. Some of the following bearers may belong with (2) or (3). variant of Hefford with loss of final -d. However the word heifer in (1) also appears from the 16th century as heckforde heckfurthe heffarth and hefforth (OED ) so there may have been confusion between several different names which only genealogical research can disentangle. in SW England alternatively perhaps from Heiffers in Witheridge (Devon) with later loss of final -s. The place-name may mean ‘place where furze was cut’ from Old English hīewe ‘cut hewn’ + fyrs ‘furze’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
