English: topographic name for someone who lived by a spur of a
hill, Old English hoh (literally, ‘heel’).German: from the Germanic personal name Hufo, a short form
of a compound name formed with hug ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ as
the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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