Show ContentsHade History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Hade is an Anglo-Saxon name. The name was originally given to a person who made or sold hats. The surname Hade is derived from the Old English word hætt, which means hat. Occupational names frequently were derived from the principal object associated with the activity of the original bearer, such as tools or products. These types of occupational surnames are called metonymic surnames. The surname Hade may also be derived from residence by a hill, since the Old English word hætt, also means hill. Hathitch Farm and Hathouse Farm are both in Worcestershire, and may be sources of the surname Hade.

Early Origins of the Hade family

The surname Hade was first found in Dorset where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Hade family

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Hade Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Hade has appeared include Hatt, Hat and others.

Early Notables of the Hade family

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United States Hade migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Hade arrived in North America very early:

Hade Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • William Hade, who landed in Virginia in 1664 1
Hade Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • John Hade, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1766 1
Hade Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Wilhelm, Hade Sr., who arrived in America in 1832 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Hade (post 1700) +

  • Daniel Dean Hade Ph.D., American Professor at Pennsylvania State University


  1. 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)


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