Head in my family tree
English (chiefly Kent): 1: nickname for someone with some peculiarity or disproportion of the head (Middle English heved, Old English heafod). 2: topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or at the head of a stream or valley.
Variant: Heed.
Cognates: German: Haupt, Haubt, Heubt, Haipt. Low German: Hoef, Hoeft, Höf, Höft, Hövet. Flemish, Dutch: Hooft, Van den Hooft.
Diminutives: German: Häuptel, Häupl, Heupl, Heppl.
Patronymic (from 1): English: Heads (Northumberland).
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