Hastings (name)


Hastings is a surname of English and Irish origin, and is used also as a given name.

Surnames

As a surname Hastings may sometimes be a patronymic surname from the Anglo-Norman personal name Hasting, but is usually a toponymic surname from Hastings in Sussex. It is a common surname in 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 Connacht, first Anglicized as Hestin and Histon, then later Hastings. The Irish version derives from a Norse Gaelic personal name Oistín. This family are most prominent in County Mayo, County Limerick, County Kerry and County Clare.

List of people surnamed Hastings