The surname '''Hetherington''' is of English origin, derived from a like-named place in Northumberland.<ref name="Reaney">{{citation |last=Reaney |first=Percy Hilde |editor-last=Wilson |editor-first=Richard Middlewood |title=A Dictionary of English Surnames |edition=3rd |year=1995 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-863146-4 |pages=225, 229}}</ref><ref name="answers">{{citation |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/hetherington-1 |title=Hetherington |publisher=Answers.com |accessdate=2 September 2013 }}. This webpage cites: {{citation |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |title=Oxford Dictionary of Family Names Dictionary of American Family Names |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press }}.</ref> This placename is derived from Old English word elements—either ''hēahdēor'' ("stag", "deer"), or ''hǣddre'' ("heather"); in addition to the elements ''-ing'' ("characterized by"), and ''tūn'' ("farmstead", "settlement").<ref name="answers"/> Early occurrences of the surname in English records are: ''de Hetherington'' (in 1298), ''de Hetherynton'' (in 1316), and ''Etherington'' (in 1672). A variant form of the surname is ''Heatherington'',<ref name="Reaney"/> and perhaps ''Hetherton''.<ref name="Bhulbh">{{cite book |last=de Bhulbh |first=S |year=1997 |title=Sloinnte na h-Éireann: Irish Surnames |url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1748995W/Sloinnte_na_h-E%CC%81ireann |publisher=Comhar-Chumann Íde Naofa Teo |location=Limerick |isbn=0-9530560-0-7 |page=224 |via=Open Library}}</ref> Forms of the surname have been recorded in Ireland since the 16th century.<ref name="answers"/><ref name="Bhulbh"/>
Hetherington can refer to:
== People == * Alastair Hetherington (1919–1999), British journalist * Amelia Hetherington (1862-1939), Australia Mayoress * Sir Arthur Hetherington (1911–2002), first chairman of British Gas * Brian Hetherington (born 1954), Australian rugby league footballer * Chris Hetherington (born 1972), American football fullback * Dar Heatherington (born 1963), Canadian Politician * Sir Hector Hetherington (1888–1965), philosopher and Principal of the University of Glasgow * Henry Hetherington (1792–1849), British Chartist * Ian Hetherington (1952–2021), British computer specialist * Jason Hetherington (born 1970), Australian rugby league footballer * Jill Hetherington (born 1964), Canadiahn professional tennis player * John Hetherington (haberdasher), English haberdasher * John Hetherington, Australian Mayor of Brisbane * Jos Hetherington (1892–1971), English footballer * Judson Hetherington (1866–1928), physician and politician * Kathleen Hetherington, American college administrator * Norman Hetherington (1921–2010), Australian cartoonist and puppeteer * Rachel Hetherington (born 1972), Australian professional golfer * Richard Hetherington (1785–1859), British naval officer and politician * Roger Hetherington (1908–1990), British civil engineer * Roger Gaskell Hetherington (1876–1952), British civil engineer and civil servant * Stephen Hetherington (born 1959), Australian philosopher * Thomas Hetherington (1926–2007), British lawyer * Thomas Hetherington (politician) (1815–1913), Canadian politician * Thomas Gerard Hetherington (1886–1951), British officer who helped develop the tank * Tim Hetherington (1970–2011), British photographer, winner of 2007 World Press Photo * Rev William Maxwell Hetherington FRSE (1803–1865), Scottish minister and historian
== Other == * 2011 Hetherington House Occupation * 6127 Hetherington, an asteroid
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Category:English toponymic surnames