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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from a place so called in Shropshire, named in Old English with the element lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’; the Middle English personal name Hugh (see Hugh) was prefixed to this in the 12th century, to indicate ownership.
  • Possibly an altered spelling of German Hügli (see Hugley).

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