English: topographic name from Middle English haw,
haugh ‘enclosure’ (Old English haga), or a habitational
name from a place named with this word such as The Haw in Tirley,
Gloucestershire. Compare Haugh 2.
English: from a
Middle English personal name, probably a back-formation from Hawkin, (see
Hawkins).
Scottish: habitational name from an unidentified
place in lowland Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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