# Halsted

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #65,945

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
May comes from Old English heald (“protection”) + stede (“place, position”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/halsted