Haugh Family History
Haugh Name Meaning
Irish (Clare): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEachach ‘descendant of Eochu’ a personal name which is probably a pet form of Eochaidh Eachaidh (see Hoey ). Scottish and English: from northern Middle English and Older Scots halh haugh ‘a piece of flat alluvial land by the side of a river typically one deposited in a bend’ also ‘river-meadow land’; either topographic for someone who lived near such a feature or habitational for someone who came from one of several places in Scotland and northern England called Haugh. English: possibly a variant of Hough .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022