Hastings (name)

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Hastings is an English surname and given name.

Surnames

As a surname Hastings may sometimes be a patronymic surname from the Anglo-Norman personal name Hasting (also Hastain), but is usually a toponymic surname from Hastings in Sussex.[1] It may also be a translation of an Irish or Scot-Gaelic name, O'hOistin .[2][3]

Those bearing it include:

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  • Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough (1610–1667)
  • Solon S. Hastings (1806 – after 1864) Massachusetts legislator
  • Smith H. Hastings (1843–1905) Union Col. and Medal of Honor winner
  • Steven J. Hastings (1850 – after 1892) Vermont legislator
  • Thomas Nelson Hastings (1858–1907) Member of NH State Senate and friend of Thomas Edison
  • Wells Southworth Hastings (1878–1923) Author
  • Somerville Hastings (1878–1967) English Surgeon, Socialist and Member of Parliament
  • Bill Hastings (footballer) (born 1888), English professional footballer
  • Maj.Gen Kester Lovejoy Hastings (1897–1983), Quartermaster of the U.S. Army
  • John Simpson Hastings (1898–1977), U.S. Federal Judge
  • Alcee Hastings (born 1936), American politician
  • Brian Hastings (born 1940), New Zealand cricketer
  • Reed Hastings (born 1960), Founder of Netflix
  • Bill Hastings (censor) (born c. 1960), Chief Censor of New Zealand from 1999 to 2010


Fictional

  • Arthur Hastings, a character in Agatha Christie novels
  • Shaun Hastings, a character in the Assassin's Creed video game series.

Given names

There is a long Anglo-Saxon tradition of using family specific surnames as first and middle names. One common approach is to use the mother's maiden name as such.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reaney, P.H., A Dictionary of English Surnames, Oxford University Press, third edition revised by R.M.Wilson, 1997
  2. ↑ O'Laughlin, Michael C. The Book of Irish Families: Great & Small. 1992,1997. http://books.google.com/books?id=mZt3oGtk1KgC&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=hastings+name+origin+ireland&source=bl&ots=or2uCkRlzo&sig=Sgl41XT7vZg4RW3U37omipxh_Y0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eKRIUaCaIcrl4APWzYDYDg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=hastings%20name%20origin%20ireland&f=false,
  3. ↑ http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Hastings
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