I came across a name recently but don't know how to pronounce it; the name is Hagh. I asked some people I know, and was told it's Welsh or Scottish, and probably pronounced "Hay" or "Hoff" (different people varied in opinions of pronunciation). So does anyone here have a more definite answer? Much appreciated.
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Haigh Name Meaning and History [A spelling variant of Hagh]
English (chiefly Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by a hedged or fenced enclosure (Old English haga), or a habitational name from a place named with this word (or its Old Norse cognate hagi), especially three places called Haigh, two in West Yorkshire and the other near Manchester.
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Haigh Surname [A spelling variant of Hagh]
The distinguished and ancient surname Haigh is Old English in origin, and traces its history back to the Middle Ages, when the island of Britain was inhabited by the Anglo-Saxons. The name is derived from the Old English “haga” or the Old Norse “hagi,” which both mean “dweller by the haw.” It is likely that the name was first borne by some who lived near a hedged field or enclosure. Although now the name is pronounced as a single syllable, it was originally pronounced as two, as can be seen from the spelling “Hag-he”. Most likely, the second syllable was a hard “g” sound, the name was probably pronounced “hah-geh”.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Haig, Haigh, Hait, Haight, Hate, Haga and others. First found in Yorkshire, where Jollan de Hagh was recorded in 1229. The Scottish branch lived in Bemersyde for many centuries after their arrival in Scotland. http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=haigh
Hague Surname [A spelling variant of Hagh]
The surname of HAGUE was a locational name 'the dweller at the haw' the hedged field or enclosure. A Yorkshire surname. Local names usually denoted where a man held land. The name was derived from the Old Norman 'haga' and was brought into England from Holland in the wake of the Norman Invasion of 1066. Between the 11th and 15th centuries it became customary for surnames to be assumed in Europe, but were not commonplace in England or Scotland before the Norman Conquest of 1066. They are to be found in the Domesday Book of 1086. Those of gentler blood assumed surnames at this time, but it was not until the reign of Edward II (1307-1327) that second names became general practice for all people. Early records of the name mention Jollan de Hagh, who appears to be the first of the name on record in Yorkshire in the year 1229. Gilbert del Hagh was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379 and John del Haghe appears in County Durham in 1381. Richard atte Heygh was documented in the year 1400 in the County of Somerset. Thomas Haghe of the parish of Rochdale, was listed in the Wills at Chester in the year 1604. Many factors contributed to the establishment of a surname system. For generations after the Norman Conquest of 1066 a very few dynasts and magnates passed on hereditary surnames, but the main of the population, with a wide choice of first-names out of Celtic, Old English, Norman and Latin, avoided ambiguity without the need for a second name. As society became more stabilized, there was property to leave in wills, the towns and villages grew and the labels that had served to distinguish a handful of folk in a friendly village were not adequate for a teeming slum where perhaps most of the householders were engaged in the same monotonous trade, so not even their occupations could distinguish them, and some first names were gaining a tiresome popularity, especially Thomas after 1170. The hereditary principle in surnames gained currency first in the South, and the poorer folk were slower to apply it. By the 14th century however, most of the population had acquired a second name. http://www.4crests.com/hague-coat-of-arms.html
Surname: Haigh [A spelling variant of Hagh]
This surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical name from residence by an enclosure, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century "haga", cognate with the Old Norse "hagi", hedged field; or locational from Haigh in West Yorkshire, or in Lancashire. Both of these places were recorded as "Hagh" in the Pipe Rolls of the respective counties, dated 1194 - 1198, and are named from "haga" or hagi" (as above). Topographical surnames were among the earliest created, since both natural and man-made features in the landscape provided easily recognizable distinguishing names in the small communities of the Middle Ages. Locational names were originally given to the Lord of the Manor, or as a means of identification to those who left their place of origin to settle elsewhere. The surname first appears on record in England in the early part of the 13th Century (see below). Petrus del Hage, whose name occurs in Scottish documents, dated 1160, is believed to have originally come from La Hague in Manche, Normandy, named from the Old Norse "hagi". In the modern idiom the name is spelt Haig, Hague and Haigh, the last mentioned form being most widespread in Yorkshire. On April 19th 1545, Alice Haigh and William Wilson were married in Halifax, Yorkshire. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Jollan de Hagh, which was dated 1222, in the "Close Rolls of Yorkshire", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. © Copyright: Name Origin Research www.surnamedb.com 1980 - 2010 Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=haigh#ixzz0nJCMhgNt
The surname Hagh is of English origin, either form Old English or Old Norse meaning “dweller by the haw” and is pronounced as one syllable Hagh.
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Hague Pronunciation
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lace-no-el. as id satin and lace, and the first noel, it's a pretty name. Sorry if I'm not pronouncing it correctly. I'm not from Australia, I'm from the U.S.
lwmp mewn pwmp
I'm sorry, I can't tell you how to pronounce it, but i can tell you that it's definitely not welsh!