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Origin Of The Surname Hirst
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Meaning Of The Surname Hirst
Live by a Hill with Trees on
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Interesting
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Hirst
Hirst is a variant of the more usual Hurst, a surname of English origin. It comes from the Old English ‘hyrst’ referring to a hill with trees on. It could have been used as a topographical surname for a person who lived on or next to such a hill, or alternatively could be a locational surname given to a person from a town named as such. Locational surnames were traditionally given to a newcomer in a town, where the townspeople assigned the name of the newcomer’s original residence as a surname to differentiate them. |
Hirst Statistics
Hirst is the number 781 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 12,512 share the surname Hirst in the UK.
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