What country of origin is the surname "Honey"?

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What country of origin is the surname "Honey"?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Honey
This interesting and unusual surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and may be an English metonymic occupational name for a gatherer or
seller of honey, from the Olde English pre 7th Century word "hunig", meaning honey. The name may also have been a nickname or a term of
endearment for ones sweetheart or darling, a sense which was common in medieval England, from the same Olde English word as above.
Variants of the surname include Honeyman and Hony. The surname itself first appears in the late 13th Century (see below). Alice Hony
was recorded in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire in 1273, while the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire mention one Geoffrey Hony in
1275. Richard Honey appeared in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire in 1279. Robert le Hony was listed in the Sussex Subsidy Rolls
of 1296. John Honney was christened at St. Giles Cripplegate, London on August 10th 1572, while Laura Honey (deceased 1843) was
very successful in her role as Psyche in "Cupid" and "Lurline" at the Adelphi. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be
that of
Richard Honey, which was dated
1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire", during the reign of
King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307.