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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish (Höög) : nickname for a tall person from hög ‘high’, ‘tall’, possibly a soldier’s name.
  • Dutch (de Hoog) and North German : nickname from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German hooch ‘high’, in the sense of ‘noble’, ‘proud’, ‘of high status’.

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