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heaphy

/hˈifi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
hea-phy
IPA
/hˈifi/
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Various origins: * Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉamhthaigh (“descendant of Éamhthach”), a personal name derived from éamhthach (“swift”). * English habitational surname, from the village of Heapey, from Old English hēope (“rosehip”) + heċġ (“fence; hedge”) or gehæg (“enclosure”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó hÉamhthaigh, hēope

Inflected Forms

Heaphys (plural)

Rhymes With

leafy beefy fifi

Questions

How do you pronounce heaphy?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈifi/.
What does heaphy mean?
A surname.
Where does heaphy come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce heaphy

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