Separately also a common surname in
Connacht Ireland, where it is thought to often be a rough phonetic Anglicization of the Irish Gaelic
sept of Ó hOistín who were followers of the MacDermots of Moylurg,[2] first Anglicized as Hestin and Histon, then later Hastings.[3][4][5] John O'Hart in his work "The origin and stem of the Irish nation" published 1892, states the Irish Hastings origin is from the ancient Irish Gaelic name O'h-Uisgin,[6] other possible Irish sources may derive from a
Norse Gaelic personal name Oistín or a phonetic version of Ó hOissín another old
Connacht Irish surname, a family name that can sound regionally similar when said in original Irish. This family are most prominent in
County Mayo,
County Limerick,
County Kerry and
County Clare.
This page lists people with the
surnameHastings. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
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given name(s) to the link.
Separately also a common surname in
Connacht Ireland, where it is thought to often be a rough phonetic Anglicization of the Irish Gaelic
sept of Ó hOistín who were followers of the MacDermots of Moylurg,[2] first Anglicized as Hestin and Histon, then later Hastings.[3][4][5] John O'Hart in his work "The origin and stem of the Irish nation" published 1892, states the Irish Hastings origin is from the ancient Irish Gaelic name O'h-Uisgin,[6] other possible Irish sources may derive from a
Norse Gaelic personal name Oistín or a phonetic version of Ó hOissín another old
Connacht Irish surname, a family name that can sound regionally similar when said in original Irish. This family are most prominent in
County Mayo,
County Limerick,
County Kerry and
County Clare.
This page lists people with the
surnameHastings. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.