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HASTY Family History

This interesting and uncommon name is of Old French origin, and is one of that group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These were acquired in the first instance with reference to a person's physical attributes or peculiarities, or to mental and moral characteristics. In the case of the surname Haste, lso found as Hast, Hasty and Hastie, the nickname was for a noticeably brisk, speedy or impetuous person, derived from the Old French "hasti", quick, a derivative of the Old French "haste", swiftness; the term was introduced into England and Scotland after the Norman Conquest of 1066...