Gender: FeminineUsages: Medieval EnglishMeaning: From the Old French name Haueis, itself from a short form of Hadewidis, a Germanic name composed of the elements hadu "battle, combat" and wid "wide". The Normans introduced this name to England. It was borne by an 11th-century duchess of Brittany. The variants Haueis, Hawis, Hawys, Hawyse, Hawisia, Hawysia, Havoise have also been recorded.https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Hawis
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Usages: Medieval English
Meaning: From the Old French name Haueis, itself from a short form of Hadewidis, a Germanic name composed of the elements hadu "battle, combat" and wid "wide". The Normans introduced this name to England. It was borne by an 11th-century duchess of Brittany.
The variants Haueis, Hawis, Hawys, Hawyse, Hawisia, Hawysia, Havoise have also been recorded.
https://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/reaney.cgi?Hawis