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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CLEGG
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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.
- English (chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Clegg, from Old Norse kleggi ‘haystack’, originally the name of a nearby hill.
- Manx: variant of Clague.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)
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