Släkthistoria för Hempseed
Hempseed Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English hemp ‘hemp’ + sed(e) seid(e) ‘seed’ perhaps used in a pejorative sense with reference to size although the sense ‘gallows-bird rogue’ (referring to the use of hemp rope for the noose) is also recorded from 1597 (OED ).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
