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The hignight Surname

hignight Name Meaning and History

  1. Possibly an altered spelling of English Hignett, which is from a pet form of the personal name Hick.
  2. Alternatively, perhaps, it may be an Americanized form of a German name ending with -knecht. Compare Goodnight.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hignight Families in the US in 1920
Number of hignight families
 7-12
 3-6
 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Hignight/Ashley connection josiemiracle 1
Carroll Hignight libster0021 0
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Abner Hignight Elizabeth_Oglesby 12
Hignight/Hignite's of Knox Co., KY 31096 1
hignight wendy hamlett 1
Daniel Hignight wehamlett 1
Hugh Hignight bevforone 0
Hignite early times Washington Co. Va. W. Smith 0
Ed (Edd) and Maud Hignight, Arkansas briana160 0
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