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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and North German : variant of Hoff.
  • North German : topographic name from a variant of Hoff.
  • Dutch : nickname from hoofd ‘head’. Compare English Head 1.
  • English : variant spelling of Huff.

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