Height
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Height is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -th.
- USUnited States1 in 269K◐
- AUAustralia1 in 151K
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 225K
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Meaning & origin●
- Middle Englishheighte●
- Old Englishhēahþu“height”●
- Proto-Germanic*hauhiþōcompare *hauhaz●
From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -th. Cognates See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse and Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).
Sources 6
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 9,864 | 78% |
| GB United Kingdom | 858 | 7% |
| AU Australia | 440 | 3% |
| CA Canada | 184 | 1% |
| FR France | 131 | 1% |
≈11,477 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English12K92%
- Spanish2292%
- Welsh1972%
- French1421%
- Telugu921%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 11,649 | 92% |
| Spanish | 229 | 2% |
| Welsh | 197 | 2% |
| French | 142 | 1% |
| Telugu | 92 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Amy Heightb. 1866USAmerican music hall entertainer in the UK
- Dorothy Heightb. 1912USAmerican activist (1912-2010)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 10 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.5K | #18,540 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.4K | #19,801 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #18,836 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 77 | #27,050 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 15 | #2,089 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 5 | #183,194 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 8 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Height?
- Our records include 11,477 bearers of Height across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Height have the most bearers?
- Height is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What does the name Height mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -th.
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