French and Dutch: from a Latinized form of the personal name
Hugh, also found in England (Cornwall).German: from a
short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names with the
first element hug ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ (see Hugh).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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