Hyatt

English

Etymology

The surname has several provenances. It can be:

  1. from Hebrew חיט (khayát, “tailor”);[1]
  2. a variant of the surname Highet.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪət/
  • Rhymes: -aɪət

Proper noun

Hyatt (plural Hyatts)

  1. A surname.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hyatt is the 1863rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19280 individuals. Hyatt is most common among White (87.99%) individuals.

References
  1. Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer, Eva H. Guggenheimer (1992) Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary‎, KTAV, →ISBN, page 341.
  2. P. H. Reaney, R. M. Wilson (2006) A Dictionary of English Surnames, Routledge, →ISBN, page 1607.

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