English: topographic name for someone who lived near a swamp or
bog, from Old English sloh ‘slough’, or a habitational name
from one of the various places named with this word, for example
Slough in Berkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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