Heath comes from either the English surname denoting one who lived on or near a heath (according to Merriam-Webster: an extensive area of rather level open uncultivated land usually with poor coarse soil, inferior drainage, and a surface rich in peat or peaty humus. or a tract of wasteland) or the word itself, taken as a name. Heaths are often associated with windswept romantic places, such as in the novel Wuthering Heights, whose male lead character was named Heathcliff.See Also: Heather