What country does the name Hathaway originate from? I think its either England o

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Hathaway Name Meaning and History
English (mainly central southern England and South Wales):
topographic name for someone who lived by a path across a heath, from Middle English hathe ‘heath’ + weye ‘way’.
from an (apparently rare) Old English female personal name, Heaeuwig, composed of the elements heaeu ‘strife’, ‘contention’ + wig ‘war’.
hope this helps.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Hathaway Name Meaning and History
English (mainly central southern England and South Wales):
topographic name for someone who lived by a path across a heath, from Middle English hathe ‘heath’ + weye ‘way’.
from an (apparently rare) Old English female personal name, Heaeuwig, composed of the elements heaeu ‘strife’, ‘contention’ + wig ‘war’.
hope this helps.

This is an English topographic name for someone who lived by a path across a heath, from Middle English hathe ‘heath’ + weye ‘way’.

I am pretty sure that Hathaway is an English surname. I am putting a link to the Hathaway family message board where you can find out quite a bit.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/hathaway/

Hathaway is an English derivation of Hattaway, Hadaway; Hathway;

3 early Hathaways immigrated from England to America in the 1600's: Nicholas, from whom the largest group descends, Arthur, and the line we call William of Virginia. We hope you will enjoy exploring our collections and research on the Hathaways of America.

Since William Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway, the name is very much of English origin--or more specifically, according to Ancestry.com, from South Central English and South Wales.

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There is an interesting coat of arms on file for at least one family with that name

Hathaway is English