The hohn Surname
hohn Name Meaning and History
- North German: from Middle Low German hon ‘chicken’, hence a nickname, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who raised poultry.
- North German: topographic name from an old word, hon, meaning ‘bog’.
- North German: variant of Hoehn 2.
- South German (Höhn): variant of Hoehne.
- South German: from an aphetic form of the personal name Johann(es) (see John).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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