In the world, Hastings (Hastings 
, Хастингс 
, הייסטינגס 
) is a rare boy's forename. The forename Hastings is characteristic of Malawi, where it is quite a rare male name, Ireland, where it is a rare male name, and Tanzania. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Malawi, the United States, and Tanzania. More prevalently, Hastings is the last name as well as the forename.
Hastings is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| sir richard de hastings (1387-1436) (b. 1387) |
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| sir richard hastings son of Sir Leonard Hastings (b. 1433) |
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| sir william hastings (1470-c. 1541) (b. 1470) |
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| sir thomas hastings (1515-1558) (b. 1515) |
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| sir francis hastings (1526-1589) (b. 1526) |
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| sir henry hastings (1594-1668) (b. 1594) |
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| sir walter hastings (born 1607) (b. 1607) |
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| sir richard hastings, 1st and last bt. (born 1610) (b. 1610) |
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carey l. hastings American film actress, US (b. 1850) |
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| smith h. hastings American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient, US (b. 1843) |
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| godolphin plantagent hastings (1851-1892) (b. 1851) |
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| warner hastings English earl (1868-1939), GB (b. 1868) |
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| cuyler hastings (b. 1864) |
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| somerville hastings British politician (1878-1967), GB (b. 1878) |
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| wells hastings writer (b. 1879) |
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