Could anyone tell me of the origins of my surname Heath please?

Question

I believe it to be of French origin ....

Answer 1

From an English surname which denoted one who lived on a heath. It was popularized as a given name by the character Heath Barkley from the 1960s television series 'The Big Valley'.

Answer 2

I have same surname and was always under the impression it went back to middle ages when a heath was an area of open grass land and he would of been the keeper who looked after it but could be wrong

Answer 3

English: topographic name for someone who lived on a heath (Middle English hethe, Old English h?ð) or a habitational name from any of the numerous places, for example in Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire, named with this word. The same word also denoted heather, the characteristic plant of heathland areas. This surname has also been established in Dublin since the late 16th century.