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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (common in West Yorkshire) : habitational name from Hainworth in West Yorkshire, named from the Old English personal name Hagena + Old English worð ‘enclosure’.
  • English (common in West Yorkshire) : habitational name from Ainsworth in Lancashire, from the Old English personal name Ægen + worð ‘enclosure’. Names such as de Haynesworth and de Heynesworth occur in the surrounding area in the 14th century.

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