Hathaway

• (surname): Hadaway, Haddaway, Hardaway, Hardway, Hataway, Hatheway, Hattaway

Two possible origins:

• A topographic surname for someone who lived by a path across a heath, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land”) + weġ (“way”).
• A metronymic surname from the rare Old English personal name Heaþuwig, which is composed of the elements heaþu (“stife, contention”) and wīg (“war”).

Hathaway (countable and uncountable, plural Hathaways)

1. (countable) A surname from Old English.
   • 2011 August 21, “Pass notes, No 3,030: Anne Hathaway”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Yes, it must be hell. It hasn't stopped Hathaway, though. The star of The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2 is now the star of One Day, playing complicated, mousey Yorkshireperson Emma Morley.

2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
   1. A census-designated place in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hathaway is the 1966^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18401 individuals. Hathaway is most common among White (90.3%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hathaway”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 141.