Haigh

H4A1I1G2H4

proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld English haga →
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Meanings

proper nounHaigh (countable and uncountable, plural Haighs)

plural Haighs

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6009).
  3. countableuncountableA small village in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire and Wakefield borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2912).

Origin

  1. Old Englishhaga“enclosure”
  2. EnglishHaigh

English surname, derived from the place in Yorkshire. It derives from Old English haga (“enclosure”).

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APA

Haigh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haigh

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Haigh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haigh.

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