Patronymica Cornu-Britannica/H

HALE, HAILE. From hâl, hale, a moor; hâl, a hill; or hail, bountiful, great, also a river that falls into the sea. There is a place called Hale in Broadvale parish; and Hale is the name of a seaport and town in Penwith hundred.

HALLAMORE, HALLIMORE. From hâl-veor, the great hill; or hale-veor, the great moor.

HALLOWS. Lower derives this name from the parish of Hallow, co. Worcester; but it may sometimes be from Hallew, in Roche, Cornwall; from hallow, the moors.

HALS. From Als, formerly the name of a place in Burian; from als, a high cliff. (Price gives als, the sea-shore or cliff; als, alt, an ascent.) Hals says, "From Als, now Alse and Alsce, viz. lands towards or upon the sea-coast, was denominated John de Als, or from Bar-Als-ton in Devon, temp. Hen. I., and King Stephen, ancestor of the De Alses, formerly of Lelant, now Halses.......This family in Edward III.'s days rote their surname de Als, now Halse. (See Prince's Worthies of Devon upon Hals.)" Halsey may be the same name.

HALVOSE. From Halvose in Manaccan; from hâl-vose, the moor ditch.

HAMBLYN. See Hamley.

HAMELIN. As a Cornish name from hay-melyn, the ​green enclosure; hâl-melyn, the green hill; or hâl-mellin, the mill moor; Hamlin may sometimes be the same name.

HAMELYE, HAMLEY. "Hamley of Halwyn, now of St. Columb and Bodmin, whose surname has been written Hamelye, Hamlyn, and Hamblyn, is of great antiquity in Cornwall, where it appears to have been seated before the Norman Conquest." (C. S. Gilbert.) Lower thinks that the name, which he rightly considers the same as Hamlyn, is the Anglo-Norman, Hammeline. If of Cornish origin, it may come from hâl-mellin, the mill moor. But see Hamelin.

HAMLIN, HAMLYN. See Hamley.

HANDER. See Hender.

HANDRA. See Hendra.

HARLYN (De). From Harlyn; from ar-lyn, upon the pool, water, or river.

HAWEISH. There is Hewas in Ladock, and Hewas Water in Creed. Tonkin gives a Matilda de Hewish, who held half of a small fee in Manely in St. Veep, temp. 3 Hen. IV. C. S. Gilbert mentions Hewis as a surname, and says the early residence of the family was at Hewis, in Hartland hundred, Devon, whence it removed to Tremoderet in Duloe.

HAY, HAYE. As Cornish names, from hay, hey, an enclosure or a churchyard. There are places named Hay in Ladock, Quethiock, and St. Breock.

HELBREN. From hâl-bren, the woody hill.

HELIGAN, formerly De Haligan. From helygan, the willows. The manor of Heligan in St. Ewe was anciently the inheritance of the Whitleighs of Efford in Devonshire. Hals writes the name of the hamlet Halliggon; and Tonkin, Heligon. Cf. Haligan in St. Maben.

​HELLAND. From the parish of Helland in Trigg hundred. Hals says the name refers to the church, and signifies the hall, college, temple, or church. Tonkin says hel and hele are Cornish pronunciations of the Eng. hall, atrium, and that this word was applied to churches as well as gentlemens houses in various parts of England; as Helldon Rectory in Norfolk; Halling, Kent, &c.; but that according to the parishioners the name is a contraction of Helen's Land, the church being dedicated to St. Helena, mother of Constantine. I derive the name from hellan, ellan, the elms; or from hal-land, hâl-lan, the moor enclosure.

HELLER. See Helyar.

HELLMAN. From hell-maen, the stony hill; or hâl-maen, the stony moor.

HELLYAR, HELLYER. See Helyar.

HELSDON. From the parish of Helstone or Helston; from hal-las-ton, the hill by a green moor.

HELYAR, HELLYAR, HELLYER, HELLER. From hellier, helwar, a huntsman.

HEMPEL. From heân-pol, the old pool; or the old head or promontory; or the head of the bay, port, or haven.

HENDER. Lower says the name Hender was originally spelt Hendower, and that the Hendowers are said to have originated in Wales; that the elder branch became extinct about temp. Hen. VIII., but that younger branches, who had abbreviated the name to Hender, were living near Camelsford a few years since. The name in both Welsh and Cornish might translate "old water" (W. hen-dwr; Corn. heân-dower). Hinder and Hender are perhaps the same name. But see Hendra.

​HENDIN. From hên-din, the old fortified hill.

HENDRA, HANDRA. From Hendra, name of places in Kenwyn, St. Dennis, and Mawgan in Meneage; or from Hendre in Madron; from hen-dre, -dra, the old town; or from Hendora in Cury; from heân-dour, the old water.

HENDY. From hên-ty, the old house.

HENNA. From hên, heân, old; or a Cornish form of Hen, for Henry.

HENNOR. From hên-oar, the old earth or land; or hên-aire (arth), the old head or promontory.

HENWOOD. From heân-coed, the old wood. There is a place named Henwood in Linkinhorne.

HEXT. (Found written Hexte and Hex.) This name may be from hext, used by Chaucer for "highest;" A. S. hexta; G. höchst, compar. of hoch, high. Hexte is found as a German name. It may also be of Cornish origin, for Tonkin derives Hexworthy, the name of a barton in Lanwhitton or Lawhitton, from hesk, hesken, a reed or bulrush; and Hext may be derived from a plural, perhaps heskydd.

HINDER. See Hender.

HINDOM. From hên-don, the old hill.

HINGASTON, HINGESTON, HINGSTON. There are Hingston Downs in Callington; Hen-gas-don would signify the old dirty hill; but these names may also be derived from the parish of Hinxton, co. Cambridge; perhaps from Hingest's town.

HOSKEN, HOSKIN, HOSKING, HOSKYN, HOSKINS. From Park-Hoskin, the park of rushes.

HOTTAN, HOTTEN, HOTTON, HOYTEN. Cornish forms of Otto, gen. Ottonis, for Ottavio, L. Octavius. Hence Eutin, a town of N. Germany, cap. princip. Lübeck. ​Lower suggests that the surnames Hotten, Hotton may be from Hoton, co. Leicester; or Hoton-Pagnel, co. York.

HOTTON, HOYTEN. See Hottan.

HUGOE. A Cornish for of Hugo, i. e. Hguh, from D. hoog, great. There is a place in Keor called Hugos.

HURDON. From Hurden in Alternun. Qu. from hir-don, the long hill.

HUTH. From huth, high, also loud, delusion, fascination; sometimes for cuth, sorrow, grief. Lower thinks the surname Huthwaite is from Husthwaite, a parish in Yorkshire.

HUTHNANCE. From huth-nance, the high valley, the valley of delusion, or the valley of sorrow or grief (huth for cuth).