Heugh meaning | Last name Heugh origin

Heugh is variation of Hugh. This Norman Christian name, though of rare occurrence in its simple form, has furnished a host of derivatives, some of which would hardly be supposed to be of such origin. Who at first sight would take the five surnames, Fitzhugh, Pugh, Mackay, Hoey, and Huson, to be identical in meaning? Yet this is the case; for Fitzhugh is the Anglo-Norman rendering of 'Filius Hugonis,' the son of Hugh; Pugh is a contraction of Welsh Ap-Hugh, the son of Hugh; Mackay, of the Gaelic Mac-Aiodh, the son of Hugh; Hoey is the same name deprived of its Mac; and Huson is clearly Hughson, the son of Hugh. Huggins, Higgins, Hutchins, Hitchins, Hutchinson, Hugginson, Hewet, Hewetson, Howitt, Howis, Howison, Huggett, Hoggins, as well as Hughes, Hughson, Hewson, and probably many other names, are diminutives and patronymics of Hugh, the soft, and of Hugo, the hard, form. See .

Heugh is the variant of Hose. HosierThe garment. See - Camden explains Chaucer by Hosier. The hosier of modern times sells stockings and other soft 'under clothing.' Two hundred years ago, the hosiers of London were those tailors who sold ready made clothes (qui rendent des habits d'hommes tous faits. Cotgr.); but the original hosier was he who encased the "nether man" in leather: "The chaussure commonly used in England, when surnames were first adopted by the commonalty, was of leather, covered both the foot and leg, and was called hose. Hosier, therefore, is the same with Chaucier, which comes from the Lat. culccarius, and differs but little in meaning from another word used to denote the man who followed this employment, viz., Sutor, Sowter, or Souter, which was in use in English from the time of Chaucer to that of Beaumont and Fletcher. It is still preserved in Scotland, and has become a surname in both countries." Edinburgh Review, April 1855.

The form of Hewes. A mis-spelling of Hughes. In the great Scottish family of Dalrymple the Christian name Hugh has generally been spelt Hew.

Heugh is variation of Hughes. The son of Hugh meaning "spirit".

The lastname is the variant of Hewes. The son of Hew, a variant of Hugh meaning "spirit"; one who was servant to another.