Etymology

Hegge

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Dutch Hegge ← Norwegian Hegge
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The story

  1. Norwegian · borrowed fromHegge
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromHegge
  3. English todayHegge

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Hegge, a shortened form of a Germanic personal name. * Borrowed from Norwegian Hegge, a topographic surname from hegg (“bird cherry tree”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.