The hoo Surname
hoo Name Meaning and History
- English (East Anglia and the south): topographic name for someone who lived on a spur of a hill, from the Old English dative case hoe (originally used after a preposition) of hoh ‘spur of a hill’. The surname may also derive from any of the minor places named with this word, such as Hoo in Kent and Hooe in Devon and Sussex.
- Chinese
: see Hu.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 13 - Messages: 37
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Hoo - Hooe |
 RHooe4798
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| HOO Johnny 1887-1960 |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| Ann Hoo m: Thomas Reed |
furry1000
| 4 |
| Hooworth from Hoo ? |
worthkin
| 1 |
| Noel Fitzgerald Hoo-Shue |
IanPaulCroad
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| Help |
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charlotsmith1
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| Hoo /Hooe / Hooey | Mary Fagan | 0 |
| Hoo Family | Sandy Walczak | 10 |
| Hoo family |
shirleygattis
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