English (southern): metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper or
a gatherer or seller of honey, Middle English hony (Old English
hunig), or a nickname from the same word used as a term of
endearment, a sense which was common in medieval England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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