Meaning & Origin
A place name, including: A town and borough in East Sussex, England. A hamlet in Ashill parish, Somerset, England . A place in Canada: A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. A community in Trent Hills municipality, Northumberland County, Ontario. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in St. Johns County, Florida. An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana. A minor city in Mills County, Iowa. A city, the county seat of Barry County, Michigan. A township in Barry County, Michigan. A city, the county seat of Dakota County, Minnesota, located in Dakota County and Washington County. A city, the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska. A town in Oswego County, New York, named after Hastings Curtiss. An unincorporated community in Barnes County, North Dakota. A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma. A borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. A village and beach resort in Christ Church parish, Barbados. A town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone. A neighbourhood of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A place in Australia: A rural locality in Huon Valley council area, Tasmania. A town in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. A river in New South Wales, which flows into the Tasman Sea at Port Macquarie; named after Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings; in full, the Hastings River. A city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Hastings is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, from the English town name meaning 'the people of Haesta' — a Saxon personal name. The 1066 Battle of Hastings, where William the Conqueror changed English history forever, gives this surname-style name a weighty historical resonance that few place names can match.