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Surname Etymology and Meaning of HOGG

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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.

1. Scottish and English: metonymic occupational name for a swineherd, from Middle English hog(ge) ‘swine’.
2. Scottish and English: metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, from Middle English hogg ‘yearling sheep’.
3. German (Högg): topographic name, a variant of Heck 2, found chiefly in Bavaria.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)