Hyde

See also: hyde

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, from the root of hide (“measure of land”).
• Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ide.
• As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Haid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪd/
• Homophone: hide
• Rhymes: -aɪd

Proper noun

Hyde (countable and uncountable, plural Hydes)

1. An English topographic surname from Middle English for someone living on a hide of land.
2. A number of places in England:
   1. A civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire.
   2. A hamlet in Minchinhampton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8801).
   3. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire).
   4. A small village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1612).
   5. A suburb of Winchester, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4830).
   6. A hamlet in Swindon borough, Wiltshire, probably in Blunsdon parish (OS grid ref SU1589).
3. A census-designated place in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Ridgeway, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.
5. A rural locality in Otago, New Zealand, between Middlemarch and Ranfurly.

Derived terms

• Hyde County
• Hyde Park
• Jekyll and Hyde
• Mr Hyde
• West Hyde

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hyde”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220.

Anagrams

• hyed