Heflin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Etymology of Heflin

What does the name Heflin mean?

The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic personal name "ó hEamhthaigh." 1 The origins of this ancient personal name are obscure. It is possible that there is a connection to the word "eamh" which denotes a "groaning or exclamation of disgust."

Early Origins of the Heflin family

The surname Heflin was first found in the Athlone region, County Westmeath (Irish: An Iarmhí) in the Irish Midlands, province of Leinster. Later some records of the family were found in Waterford and Cork. 1

Early recorded instances of the name are rare, but there was a bearer recorded as a husbandman of Thisteinagh, in Couty Westmeath in 1601.

Early History of the Heflin family

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Heflin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Heaphy, O'Heaphy, Heaphey, Heavey, O'Heavy, Heafy, O'Heafey, Heflin and many more.

Early Notables of the Heflin family

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Heflin Ranking

In the United States, the name Heflin is the 4,112^nd most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 2

Heflin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Heflin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Bernardo Heflin, aged 36, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Heflin (post 1700) +

Julia Dorn Heflin (1911-2007), American journalist, a theatre producer and a teacher
James Milton Heflin Jr. (b. 1943), American retired NASA official, former associate director for technical activities at Johnson Space Center in Houston
Bronson Wayne Heflin (b. 1971), American former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1996 season
Robert Stell Heflin (1815-1901), American politician and legislator for the state of Georgia and Alabama
Vince Heflin (b. 1959), American former NFL football wide receiver who played from 1982 to 1986
Marta Heflin (1945-2013), American actress
Randolph Rutherford Heflin (1918-1999), American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox from 1945 through 1946
Joseph Paul "Joe" Heflin (b. 1952), American politician, Texas State Representative (2007-2011)
Mary Frances Heflin (1920-1994), American actress
James Thomas Heflin (1869-1951), nicknamed "Cotton Tom," American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama (1904-1920), 25th Secretary of State of Alabama (1903-1904)
... (Another 8 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Sources +

MacLysaght, Edward, More Irish Families. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-0126-0)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)