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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : topographic name from a diminutive of Middle High German hac ‘hedge’.
  • South German : from a pet form of the personal name Hugo (see Hugh).
  • South German : diminutive form of a metonymic occupational name for the owner or keeper of a breeding bull, Middle High German hagen.

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