Heth Family Crest & Name History

Some records give Heath; others give Heth. Both point to the same English family name. The family name meaning is “Dweller on a heath”, the same as for Heath.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Heath was also written Heth. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Hethe and Heathe.

How common is Heth?

According to the 2010 US Census, the Heth surname had 957 bearers. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Huth.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Heath surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

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