English: from Middle English hals ‘neck’ (Old English
h(e)als). This was a nickname for a man with a long neck or for
a conspicuous sufferer from goiter (a common affliction in medieval
times).English (Devon): topographic name denoting someone living
on a neck of land (from Middle English atte halse ‘at the
neck’), or a habitational name from either of two places in Devon and
Somerset named Halse, from this word. To a lesser extent Halse in
Northamptonshire, named from Old English hals + hoh
‘ridge’, may also have contributed to the surname.Norwegian: habitational name from any of three farmsteads in the
county of Møre og Romsdal. The farmsteads are so named from the Old
Norse dative singular of hals ‘neck’, referring to a neck of
land, or a ridge between two valleys.
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