Hyde
See also: hyde
English
Etymology
- As an English surname, from the root of hide (“measure of land”).
- Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ide.
- As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Haid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɪd/
- Homophone: hide
- Rhymes: -aɪd
Proper noun
Hyde (countable and uncountable, plural Hydes)
- An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living on a hide of land.
- A number of places in England:
- A civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire.
- A hamlet in Minchinhampton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8801). [1]
- A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire).
- A small village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612).
- A suburb of Winchester, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4830). [2]
- A hamlet in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, probably in Blunsdon parish (OS grid ref SU1589). [3]
- A census-designated place in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Ridgeway, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A rural locality in Otago, New Zealand, between Middlemarch and Ranfurly. [4]
Derived terms
- Hyde County
- Hyde Park
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Mr Hyde
- West Hyde
References
- OS: Stroud
- OS: Winchester
- OS: Swindon
- NZ Topo Map
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hyde”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220.
Anagrams
- hyed