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Boy · Old English
Heath
Say it: HEETH
Meaning
From an English surname for someone living on a heath, Old English hǣð.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Most used in the US in the 1970s, after the TV western The Big Valley featured a character named Heath.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 28,443 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1974, about 1 in 1,300 boys
- 214 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.