Hetherington

The surname Hetherington is of English origin, derived from a like-named place in Northumberland.{{citation |last=Reaney |first=Percy Hilde |editor-last=Wilson |editor-first=Richard Middlewood |title=A Dictionary of English Surnames |edition=3rd |year=1995 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-863146-4 |pages=225, 229}}{{citation |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/hetherington-1 |title=Hetherington |publisher=Answers.com |accessdate=2 September 2013 }}. This webpage cites: {{citation |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |title=Oxford Dictionary of Family Names Dictionary of American Family Names |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press }}. This placename is derived from Old English word elements—either hēahdēor ("stag", "deer"), or hǣddre ("heather"); in addition to the elements -ing ("characterized by"), and tūn ("farmstead", "settlement"). Early occurrences of the surname in English records are: de Hetherington (in 1298), de Hetherynton (in 1316), and Etherington (in 1672). A variant form of the surname is Heatherington, and perhaps Hetherton.{{cite book |last=de Bhulbh |first=S |year=1997 |title=Sloinnte na h-Éireann: Irish Surnames |url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1748995W/Sloinnte_na_h-E%CC%81ireann |publisher=Comhar-Chumann Íde Naofa Teo |location=Limerick |isbn=0-9530560-0-7 |page=224 |via=Open Library}} Forms of the surname have been recorded in Ireland since the 16th century.

Hetherington can refer to: