Last name: HIGH
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HIGH : This last name is indexed 197,018 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
HIGH : English:: 1: nickname for a tall man from Middle English heigh hey high ‘high tall’ (Old English hēah). Compare Hay 3.2: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(on the) height or hill’ from Middle English heigh ‘height hilltop’ (Old English hēah). Compare Hight.
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