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Family name origins & meanings

  • English, Welsh, and Scottish : from the medieval personal name Huet, a diminutive of Hugh. See also Hew. The surname has also long been established in Ireland.
  • English : topographic name for someone who lived in a newly made clearing in a wood, Middle English hewett (Old English hīewet, a derivative of hēawan ‘to chop’,‘to hew’).

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