Hannay Family Crest & Name History

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Family name meaning

Spellings drift, and Hannay is where Hanna drifted for some families. The family name meaning is “Descendant of Annadh”, the same as for Hanna.

Records show Hannay as one of the forms Hanna took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Hanney, Hannah and Hana. The 2010 census count for Hannay in the United States was 434, good for rank 48,628. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

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