Hennings Family History
Hennings Name Meaning
North German and Danish: patronymic from Henning English: in southern England a variant of Henning with a plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. In northern England however the name is often a variant of Hanning with a plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. English: in the East Midlands a habitational name from Heynings (Lincolnshire) from the plural form of Middle English heyning (Old Norse hegning) ‘enclosed land’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022