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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Hill

Boy name variations

Hough

Hough

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Houghton

Houghton

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Howell

Howell

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Howel

Howel

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Howells

Howells

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Howden

Howden

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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : topographic name for someone who lived by a small hill or a man-made mound or barrow, Middle English how (Old Norse haugr), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Howe in Norfolk and North Yorkshire.
  • English : variant of Hugh.
  • Jewish (American) : Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
  • Americanized form of Norwegian Hove.

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