The hough Surname
hough Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Cheshire and Derbyshire, so named from Old English hoh ‘spur of a hill’ (literally ‘heel’). This widespread surname is especially common in Lancashire.
- Irish (County Limerick): variant of Haugh 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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