About the Hasting Surname

There is no single Hasting family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Meaning of the name

Hasting is a spelling of the English surname Hastings. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “People of Hæsta”.

Without the “s” of Hastings, Hasting is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Hasting ranked 17,463 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,614 people answering to the name.

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