Origin and popularity of the name HON

Origin

Hon : 3: Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 韩 see Han 1. It is also found in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname or artificial name from Yiddish hon ‘cock’.1: Czech: from a derivative of the German personal name Johannes ‘John’.

Hoehner : 1: German (Höhner): habitational name for someone from any of several places called Höhn(e) (see Hoehn 3) or Hohne.3: North German (Höhner): shortened form of Hövener a variant of Höfer (see Hofer).4: North German (Höhner): nickname from Middle Low German honen ‘to insult deride damage a person's honor’.5: German (Höhner): variant of the nickname Höhne (see Hoehne 2). Compare Hoener and Hohner.2: North German (Höhner): topographic name for a marshland dweller from hon ‘bog marsh’ + -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.

Hoen : 1: Dutch and German: metonymic occupational name for a chicken farmer or poultry merchant from hoen ‘hen chicken grouse’ or a habitational name from a so named house with the image of such a bird depicted on a sign or an ornamental stone.2: Dutch and German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Huno (from hūn ‘bear cub’).3: German: variant of Höhn (see Hoehn).4: Norwegian: habitational name from either of two farmsteads named Hon from Old Norse hundr ‘dog’ or from Hóvin a compound of hór ‘high’ + vin ‘meadow’.

Hohn : 1: North German: from Middle Low German hōn ‘chicken’ hence a nickname or a metonymic occupational name for someone who raised poultry.2: North German: topographic name from an old word hon meaning ‘bog’.4: German (Höhn): see Hoehn.3: South German: from a shortened form of the personal name Johann(es) (see John).

Witthuhn : North German: metonymic occupational name for a poultry farmer or dealer or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a chicken in some way from Middle Low German witte ‘white’ + hōn ‘chicken’.

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