Meaning and Origin of: Hunter

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Boy name origins & meanings:

• Old English : Search

Boy name variations

• Hunt,
• Huntington,
• Huntley,
• Hunta,

Family name origins & meanings:

• Scottish, English, and northern Irish : variant of Hunt, a Middle English secondary derivative formed with the addition of the agent noun suffix -er.

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