Huff (surname)
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Soundex: H100
Origins
German: from the Germanic personal name Hufo, a short form of a compound name formed with hug ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ as the first element.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a spur of a hill, Old English hoh (literally, ‘heel’).
Variations
Some of these names are simply spelling variations while while others may have completely separate origins, ethnically and regionally.
- Haff
- Hough
