Origin
Hue : 1: French: from the Old French personal name Hue a variant of Hugues (see Hugh).2: Vietnamese (Huệ): from the Chinese surname 惠 see Hui 1.3: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 許 see Xu 2.
Houchin : English (Essex): of Norman origin from the Old French personal name Huchon a double diminutive of Hue (see Hugh) common in Picardy corresponding to Old French Hueçon Huesson modern French Husson. This was used as a personal name in Scotland where it also became a surname and was adopted in Gaelic as Huisdean or Uisdean; see McCutcheon and compare Hutch.
Howlett : English: from the Middle English personal name Hu(gh)elot a double diminutive of Hugh Hue (see Hugh) formed with the suffixes -el + -ot. This Anglo-Norman name has also been established in Ireland (Wexford) since the 13th century where it has been Gaelicized as Húiléid.
Huart : 1: as a Channel Islands name from the Old French personal name Huart which is either identical in origin with Howard (1) or a pet form of Old French Hue (equivalent of Hugh). 2: variant of Heward; see Howard (1).
Huban : from the personal name Hugh (Old French Hue Middle English Hewe; see Hugh) + Middle English barn ‘child’. Compare Goodban.
Huband : English (Worcestershire and Warwickshire): variant of Huban with excrescent -d from the personal name Hugh (Old French Hue Middle English Hewe) + Middle English barn ‘child’. See Hugh.
Huggon : derived from the personal name Hugun a diminutive of Old French Hue from Continental Germanic *hugi- ‘mind spirit’ (see Hugh). For the series of derived names Hugun Hugin Huget compare that of Burdun Burdin Burdet at Burden.
Hugh : 1: English Welsh and Scottish (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Hue from ancient Germanic Hugo (ultimately derived from hugi- ‘mind spirit’). This was a very popular name in England after the Norman Conquest partly due to the reputation of Saint Hugh of Lincoln (1140–1200) who was born in Burgundy and who established the first Carthusian monastery in England.2: Scottish and Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Aodh a derivative of a Gaelic word meaning ‘fire’. See Hughes.3: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 邱 and 丘 based on their Hakka pronunciation; see Qiu 1 and 2.
Hulin : 1: English (Gloucestershire): variant of Huling.2: Czech (Hulín) and Slovak (mainly Hulín): nickname from an altered form of the adjective holý ‘naked bare bald’ (see Holy).3: Swedish: ornamental name from an unidentified first element + the suffix -(l)in derived from Latin -(l)inius ‘relating to’.4: French: from a pet form of the personal name Hue (see Hugh).5: French: from a shortened form of the personal name Hudelin a double diminutive of Hude (see Houde).
Huson : English: patronymic from the personal name Hugh Hue (see Hugh) + -son.
Hutt : 1: English: variant of Hudd with devoicing of the d from the Middle English personal name Hudde or Hutte. This could represent Old English Hud(d)a or its ancient Germanic equivalent Hud(d)o; however Anglo-Norman French Hud(de) a pet form of Hue (see Hugh) is probably the usual source.2: German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic compound personal name formed with hut ‘guard’ as the first element.3: German (Hütt): see Huett.4: Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name from Yiddish hut German Hut ‘hat’ (see Huth).
Rattue : perhaps a nickname from regional Middle English *rad heu ‘red hue (complexion)’.
Ulin : 1: Flemish: derivative of Hue a pet form of the French personal name Hugues (see Hugo). In North America this surname may also be an altered form of the Dutch variant Ulijn.2: Swedish: ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element + the adjectival suffix -in a derivative of Latin -in(i)us ‘relating to’.3: Hispanic or Amerindian (Mexico and Guatemala): unexplained.
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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
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